HMS Southdown (L25)

	HMS Southdown at a buoy, c1941 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Southdown
Ordered	11 April 1939
Builder	J. Samuel White, Isle of Wight
Laid down	22 August 1939
Launched	5 July 1940
Completed	8 November 1940
Decommissioned	1946
Identification	Pennant number: L25
Honours and; awards	North Sea 1941–45; Normandy 1944;
Fate	Scrapped, 1956
Badge	On a Field Red, in front of two bugle horns in Saltire Gold, a horseshoe inverted white
General characteristics
Class and type	Type I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard; 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load;
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)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,170 kW);
Speed	27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h); 26 kn (29.9 mph; 48.2 km/h) full;
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h); 1,000 nmi (1,850 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h);
Complement	164
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX; 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk. VIII AA guns on quad mount MK.VII; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk. III; 50 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack;

HMS Southdown was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. She was scrapped in 1956.

History
HMS Southdown at a buoy, c1941 (IWM)
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Southdown
Ordered	11 April 1939
Builder	J. Samuel White, Isle of Wight
Laid down	22 August 1939
Launched	5 July 1940
Completed	8 November 1940
Decommissioned	1946
Identification	Pennant number: L25
Honours and awards	North Sea 1941–45 Normandy 1944
Fate	Scrapped, 1956
Badge	On a Field Red, in front of two bugle horns in Saltire Gold, a horseshoe inverted white
General characteristics
Class and type	Type I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
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)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,170 kW)
Speed	27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h) 26 kn (29.9 mph; 48.2 km/h) full
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) 1,000 nmi (1,850 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h)
Complement	164
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk. VIII AA guns on quad mount MK.VII 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk. III 50 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack