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History
HMS DampierUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Dampier
NamesakeWilliam Dampier
Ordered23 January 1943
BuilderSmiths Dock Company, South Bank, Middlesbrough
Laid down7 August 1944
Launched15 May 1945, as Herne Bay
Commissioned4 May 1948, as Dampier
Decommissioned31 January 1968
IdentificationPennant number K611/A303
FateSold for scrapping, 1968
BadgeOn a Field White in front of 3 bars couped wavy Blue, a Roebuck's head erased Proper, gorged with a ducal crown Gold
General characteristics
Class and typeBay-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,600 long tons (1,626 t) standard
  • 2,530 long tons (2,571 t) full
Length
  • 286 ft (87 m) p/p
  • 307 ft 3 in (93.65 m) o/a
Beam38 ft 6 in (11.73 m)
Draught12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Propulsion2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph)
Range724 tons oil fuel, 9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement133
Armament
  • 4 × 3-pounder saluting guns
  • Minesweeping gear aft

HMS Dampier was a survey ship of the Royal Navy, named after the explorer, author and privateer, William Dampier (1652–1715). Originally intended as a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate, the ship was in commission from 1948 to 1968, spending her entire career based at Singapore, carrying out survey work.

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