HMS Aisne (D22)
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.jpg) HMS Aisne underway, c1955 (IWM FL 304)
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| Name | HMS Aisne |
| Ordered | 1943 |
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker[1] |
| Yard number | 74 |
| Laid down | 26 August 1943 |
| Launched | 12 May 1945 |
| Commissioned | 20 March 1947 |
| Decommissioned | 1968 |
| Fate | Broken up 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Battle-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,480 tons standard |
| Length | 379 ft (116 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 6 in (12.34 m) |
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| Propulsion | Oil fired, two three-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines, twin screws, 50,000 hp (37 MW) |
| Speed | 35.75 knots (66.21 km/h) |
| Complement | 268 |
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HMS Aisne (D22) was a 1943 or later
Battles of the Aisne
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VE Day
, and commissioned on 20 March 1947.
Service history
Aisne joined the
HM Queen Elizabeth II. Aisne was positioned in the middle of her sister-ships HMS Corunna and HMS Barrosa.[2]
In 1954, Aisne, as part of the 4th Destroyer Squadron, deployed to the
SeaCat missile
system and new AA weaponry.
In 1962, Aisne joined the
Far East Fleet. In 1967, Aisne deployed to the West Indies remaining there until the following year. In that same year, 1968, Aisne was decommissioned, and was then scrapped by ship breakers Thos. W. Ward at Inverkeithing in 1970.[3]
References
- ^ "HMS Aisne (D22)". Tyne Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 115-6
Publications
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Hodges, Peter (1971). Battle Class Destroyers. London: Almark Publishing. ISBN 0-85524-012-1.
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