HMS Meynell (L82)
 HMS Meynell in 1941 (IWM)
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Meynell |
| Ordered | 11 April 1939 |
| Builder | Swan Hunter, Wallsend |
| Laid down | 10 August 1939 |
| Launched | 7 June 1940 |
| Commissioned | 10 December 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number:L82 |
| Fate | Sold to Ecuador, 1954 |
| Badge | On a Field Red, an escallop Gold charged with a fox's mask Red |
 Ecuador | |
| Name | Presidente Velasco Ibarra |
| Acquired | 18 October 1954 |
| Commissioned | 16 August 1955 |
| Decommissioned | 1978 |
| Identification | DD2 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type I Hunt-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a |
| Beam | 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 2.51 m (8 ft 3 in) |
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| Complement | 164 |
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HMS Meynell was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. She was sold to Ecuador in 1954 where she served as Presidente Velasco Ibarra.
Meynell was ordered on 11 April 1939 from
She was part of the 21st Destroyer Flotilla throughout the Second World War and was mostly employed in escorting east coast convoys. In February and March 1943 she was an escort for the
After the end of the war her armament was removed and she was converted to an aircraft target ship serving in the Mediterranean. However, by the end of 1946 she had been reduced to the reserve, initially at Harwich then subsequently Sheerness and finally Barrow.[1]
In 1954 she was sold to Ecuador.[2]
Following sale Meynell underwent a refit by J. Samuel White and Company, on the Isle of Wight, which was completed in 1955.
She was commissioned as Presidente Velasco Ibarra in August 1955.[3]
She served until 1978, when she was struck from the active list, before being sold for scrapping.
References
- ^ ISBN 0905617444.
- ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.
- ^ Raymond V B Blackman (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 123.
Publications
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- English, John (1987). The Hunts: A history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-44-4.
