HMS Gallant (H59)

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Gallant in April 1938
History
United Kingdom
NameGallant
Ordered5 March 1934
BuilderAlexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow
Laid down15 September 1934
Launched26 September 1935
Completed25 February 1936
IdentificationPennant number: H59
MottoNobis Mare Patria: 'The sea is our Fatherland '
FateSunk as a blockship, September 1943
BadgeOn a Field Blue, a female head proper crowned with scallops shells Gold.
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeG-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,350
    standard
    )
  • 1,883 long tons (1,913 t) (
    deep load
    )
Length323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught12 ft 5 in (3.8 m)
Installed power
  • 3
    Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 34,000 
    kW
    )
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range5,530 nmi (10,240 km; 6,360 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement137 (peacetime), 146 (wartime)
Sensors and
processing systems
ASDIC
Armament

HMS Gallant (H59) was a

scuttled as a blockship in 1943. Her wreck was broken up
in 1953.

Description

Gallant displaced 1,350 long tons (1,370 t) at

deep load. The ship had an overall length of 323 feet (98.5 m), a beam of 33 feet (10.1 m) and a draught of 12 feet 5 inches (3.8 m). She was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines, driving two shafts, which developed a total of 34,000 shaft horsepower (25,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Steam for the turbines was provided by three Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers. Gallant carried a maximum of 470 long tons (480 t) of fuel oil that gave her a range of 5,530 nautical miles (10,240 km; 6,360 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship's complement was 137 officers and men in peacetime,[1] but it increased to 146 in wartime.[2]

The ship mounted four 45-

21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes.[1] One rail and two depth charge throwers were fitted; 20 depth charges were originally carried, but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began.[3]

Service

Gallant was laid down by

Cape San Antonio on 6 April 1937, but was not damaged. The next month she returned to Great Britain for an overhaul at Sheerness between 31 May and 21 July 1937.[5]

When

armed merchant cruisers Cilicia and Carinthia after they collided. The ship was refitted at Southampton between 28 March and 30 April and rejoined her flotilla at Harwich the next day. During the evening of 9/10 May, Gallant and the destroyer Bulldog rescued most of the crew of the destroyer Kelly after the latter ship was torpedoed by a German E-boat in the North Sea.[6]

While Gallant was participating in the Dunkirk evacuation, a near miss by a bomb on 29 May knocked out her steering and caused minor damage to her hull and electrical systems. She was repaired at

12-pounder 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun that replaced the rear torpedo tube mount.[6]

After her refit Gallant was transferred to the

Operation Collar.[6]

On 10 January 1941, during

hulk. Gallant was expended as a blockship at St Paul's Island in September 1943, with the wreck being broken up in 1953.[6]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Whitley, pp. 107–08
  2. ^ English, p. 89
  3. ^ English, p. 141
  4. ^ English, pp. 89–90
  5. ^ English, p. 91
  6. ^ a b c d e f English, p. 92
  7. ^ Nailer, p. 152
  8. ^ Rohwer, p. 34
  9. ^ Rohwer, pp. 45, 47
  10. ^ O´Hara, p. 80

References

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