HMS Woolwich (F80)
Woolwich in May 1937
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| Name: | HMS Woolwich |
| Ordered: | 4 April 1933 |
| Builder: | Fairfield, Govan |
| Laid down: | 24 May 1933 |
| Launched: | 20 September 1934 |
| Completed: | 28 June 1935 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: F80 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1962 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type: | Destroyer tender |
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| Length: | 610 ft 3 in (186.0 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 64 ft (19.5 m) |
| Draught: | 16 ft 6 in (5.0 m) |
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| Speed: | 15.25 kn (28.24 km/h; 17.55 mph) |
| Range: | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 666 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament: | 4 × single QF 4-inch Mk V guns |
| Armour: | Deck: 1–2 inches (25–51 mm) |
HMS Woolwich was a depot ship and destroyer tender built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. The ship was initially deployed to support destroyers of the Mediterranean Fleet. During World War II, she was assigned to the Home, Mediterranean and Eastern Fleets. She briefly returned home in 1946, but rejoined the Mediterranean Fleet the following year. Woolwich permanently returned to the United Kingdom in 1948 where she became a maintenance and accommodation ship. The ship was sold for scrap in 1962.
Woolwich had an overall length of 610 feet 3 inches (186.0 m), a beam of 64 feet (19.5 m), and a draught of 23 feet 3 inches (7.1 m) at deep load. She normally displaced 8,750 long tons (8,890 t) and 15,575 long tons (15,825 t) at (full load). Each of the ship's two sets of Parsons geared steam turbines drove one propeller shaft. Steam was supplied by four Admiralty three-drum water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at 6,500 shaft horsepower (4,800 kW) and gave Woolwich a speed of 15.25 knots (28.24 km/h; 17.55 mph). The ship carried 1,112 long tons (1,130 t) of fuel oil, which gave her a range of 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Her crew numbered 666 officers and enlisted men.
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