HMS Cowdray information

	HMS Cowdray, July 1942 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cowdray
Ordered	4 September 1939
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland
Laid down	30 April 1940
Launched	22 July 1941
Completed	29 July 1942
Decommissioned	January 1950
Identification	Pennant number:L52
Honours and; awards	Arctic 1942; North Africa 1943; Atlantic 1943; English Channel 1944; North Sea 1944-45;
Fate	Scrapped, 1959
Badge	On a Field, Gold, in front of a horseshoe inverted, a spear erect black within the horseshoe and in front of the spear, a sun in splendour Red.
General characteristics
Class and type	Type II 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 (14,000 kW);
Speed	27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h); 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full;
Range	3,600 nmi (6,700 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement	164
Armament	6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX; 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III; 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks;

HMS Cowdray was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. She has been the only Royal Navy ship to bear the name. She was scrapped in 1959.

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History
HMS Cowdray, July 1942 (IWM)
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cowdray
Ordered	4 September 1939
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland
Laid down	30 April 1940
Launched	22 July 1941
Completed	29 July 1942
Decommissioned	January 1950
Identification	Pennant number:L52
Honours and awards	Arctic 1942 North Africa 1943 Atlantic 1943 English Channel 1944 North Sea 1944-45
Fate	Scrapped, 1959
Badge	On a Field, Gold, in front of a horseshoe inverted, a spear erect black within the horseshoe and in front of the spear, a sun in splendour Red.
General characteristics
Class and type	Type II 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 (14,000 kW)
Speed	27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range	3,600 nmi (6,700 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement	164
Armament	6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks