HMS HERO
Type:
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Destroyer, "H" or Hero Class
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Pennant:
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H99
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Displacement:
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1,340 tons
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Length:
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323 feet
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Beam:
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32 feet 6 inches
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Draught:
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8 feet 6 inches
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Speed:
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36 knots
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Laid Down:
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Launched:
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Armament:
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4x4.7 inch guns; 8x0.5 inch guns; 2x4x21inch torpedo tubes
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Builders:
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Vickers Armstrong
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Machinery:
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3xAdmiralty 3-drum boilers;
2xParsons geared turbines
SHP 34,000
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Commissioned:
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Crew:
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145
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Sister ships:
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Hardy, Harvester, Hasty,
Havant, Havelock, Havock,
Hereward, Hesperus,
Highlander, Hostile,
Hotspur, Hunter,
Hurricane, Hyperion,
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The following photographs are of Hero "oiling" from Repulse,
Feb. 1937. Cick on image for enlargement.
Click here for full screen image.
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