HMS Heythrop (L85)
{{short description|Destroyer of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Heythrop}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name= Heythrop |Ship builder=Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear |Ship yard number=J4139 |Ship namesake=Heythrop Hunt |Ship ordered= 4 September 1939 |Ship awarded= |Ship original cost= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= 18 December 1939 |Ship launched= 20 October 1940 |Ship completed= |Ship commissioned= 21 June 1941 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification=Pennant number: L85 |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours=
|Ship captured= |Ship fate= Sunk by torpedo from {{GS|U-652 | 2}} 20 March 1942
|Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption=Type II |Ship class={{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer}} |Ship displacement=*{{convert|1050|LT|t}} standard
|Ship length= {{convert|85.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} o/a |Ship beam= {{convert|9.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|2.51|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
|Ship speed=*{{convert|27|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}}
|Ship range= {{convert|3600|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} |Ship endurance= |Ship boats= |Ship complement=164 |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
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HMS Heythrop (L85) was a {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer|0}} destroyer of the Royal Navy She was ordered as part of the 1939 War Emergency programme. She was launched in 1940 and served during the Second World War. She was named after the Heythrop Hunt.
Service history
On completion Heythorp proceeded to the Mediterranean where she was employed on escort tasks until her loss. On 20 March 1942 she was {{convert|40|mi|km|abbr=}} northeast of Bardia when she was hit by a torpedo fired by {{GS|U-652||2}}. She was severely damaged and was taken under tow however when her pumps could not cope she was abandoned and the crew transferred by boat to {{HMS|Eridge|L68|6}}. She sank later that day.
References
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Publications
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- 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. England: World Ship Society. {{ISBN|0-905617-44-4}}.
{{Hunt class destroyer|type2}}
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Category:Hunt-class destroyers of the Royal Navy
Category:Ships built by Swan Hunter
Category:Ships built on the River Tyne
Category:World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom
Category:Maritime incidents in March 1942
Category:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II
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