Name / Name: | HMS "Acasta" | |
Type / Type: | destroyer | |
Class / Class: | And class | |
Codename / Pennant: | H09 | |
Keel based / Laid down: | 13.08.1928 | |
Run to the water / Launched: | 08.08.1929 | |
Putting into service / Commissioned by: | 11.02.1930 | |
Decommissioning / End of service: | sunk 08.06.1940 near Narvik | |
Shipyard / Built by: | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. in Clydebank, Scotland | |
Duration / Length : (m) | 98,45 | |
Width / Beam: (m) | 9,83 | |
Draught / Draft: (m) | 2,59 3,73 (max.) | |
Displacement standard / Displacement, standard : (t) | 1350 | |
a Displacement of the maximum / Displacement, maximal: (t) | 1773 | |
Armour / Armour: (mm) | | |
Crew / Complement: | 138 (peace) 194 (war) | |
Propulsion / Engines: | 2x steam turbine 3x 3-drum boiler Admiralty | |
Power / Power: (HP) | 34 000 | |
Screws quantity / Propellers, Well : (pcs/m) | 2 | |
Speed / Speed: ( kts) | 35 | |
fuel Quantity / Fuel: (t) | 380 | |
Range at the speed / Range :( Nm/ kts) | 4080/15 | |
Armament / Armament : | 4x 120 mm/45 Mk.IX (4xI) 2x 40 mm/Vickers Mk.II (AA/2xI) 8 torpedo launchers 533 mm (2xIV) | |
Gear and equipment / Equipment:(radar asdic ...) | 2x chute for the depth charge from 1938: ASDIC type 123A 2x chute for the depth charge | |
Aeroplanes / Aircraft: | - | |
Note / Note: | commanders: Commander Percy J. Oliver (August 1939 - 28.11.1939) Commander Charles Eric Glasfurd (28.11.1939 - 08.06.1940) |
Sources:
PEJČOCH, Ivo, NOVÁK, Zdeněk, HÁJEK, Tomáš: warships[4]. 1.edition. Prague: Our troops p. p. 1993. 374s. ISBN 80-206-0357-3
HRBEK, Ivan HRBEK, Jaroslav: the Fleet of the states participating in the second world war. 1.edition. Prague: Our army, 1994. 232s. ISBN 80-206-0245-3
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