HMS Obedient (G48)
 HMS Obedient during the Second World War
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Obedient |
| Ordered | 3 September 1939 |
| Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Laid down | 22 May 1940 |
| Launched | 30 April 1942 |
| Commissioned | 30 October 1942 |
| Identification | Pennant number G48 later D248 |
| Honours and awards |
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| Fate | Scrapped 1962 |
| Badge | On a Field Blue, a sea dog sejant Proper, collared Gold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | O-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,610 long tons (1,640 t) (standard) |
| Length | 345 ft (105.2 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 35 ft (10.7 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
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| Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) |
| Range | 3,850 nmi (7,130 km; 4,430 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 176+ |
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HMS Obedient was an O-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, between 1940 and 1942. During Warship Week in 1942 she was adopted by the civil community of Lymington, United Kingdom. She was scrapped in 1962.
Service history
Second World War service
On commissioning Obedient joined the
During June 1944 she was deployed in the
She took part in the King's Birthday celebrations at Kiel on 2 June 1945 together with HMS Offa
Postwar service
In August 1946 Obedient underwent refit. Following this she took part in Operation "Deadlight", the destruction of surrendered
After July 1953 she was used for Air-Sea rescue duties during air operations by aircraft carriers in the English Channel. After acceptance into the Reserve Fleet at Chatham in December that year she briefly commissioned for further service for trials in February 1956 but then returned to Reserve at Chatham. A proposal to convert this ship and Obdurate for use as anti-submarine frigates was not implemented and she was laid-up in Reserve at Hartlepool in 1957.[3] The ship was put on the Disposal List in 1961 and sold to the British Iron & Steel Corporation (BISCO) for demolition by Hughes Bolckow. She arrived in tow at the Breakers yard in Blyth on 19 October 1962.
Notes
- ^ "HMS Obedient (G48) – O-class destroyer". naval-history.net. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.
References
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Connell, G. G. (1982). Arctic Destroyers: The 17th Flotilla. London: William Kimber. ISBN 0-7183-0428-4.
- English, John (2001). Obdurate to Daring: British Fleet Destroyers 1941–45. Windsor, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 978-0-9560769-0-8.
- Friedman, Norman (2006). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-86176-137-6.
- ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
External links
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