HMS Anthony (H40)

	HMS Anthony in March 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Anthony
Ordered	6 March 1928
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland
Laid down	30 July 1928
Launched	24 April 1929
Commissioned	14 February 1930
Motto	Portia in Arduia : 'Brave under difficulties'
Fate	Sold for scrap, 21 February 1948
Badge	On a Field Black, the head of St Anthony Proper with a White owl and halo Gold.
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	A-class destroyer
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,370 t) (standard); 1,773 long tons (1,801 t) (deep load);
Length	323 ft (98 m) (o/a)
Beam	32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
Draught	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
Installed power	34,000 shp (25,000 kW); 3 × Yarrow boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	134; 140 (1940)
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 2 × single 2-pdr (40 mm) AA guns; 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 × depth charges, 3 chutes;

HMS Anthony was an A-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served in the Second World War.

History
HMS Anthony in March 1943
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Anthony
Ordered	6 March 1928
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland
Laid down	30 July 1928
Launched	24 April 1929
Commissioned	14 February 1930
Motto	Portia in Arduia : 'Brave under difficulties'
Fate	Sold for scrap, 21 February 1948
Badge	On a Field Black, the head of St Anthony Proper with a White owl and halo Gold.
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	A-class destroyer
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,370 t) (standard) 1,773 long tons (1,801 t) (deep load)
Length	323 ft (98 m) (o/a)
Beam	32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
Draught	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
Installed power	34,000 shp (25,000 kW) 3 × Yarrow boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	134; 140 (1940)
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 2 × single 2-pdr (40 mm) AA guns 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 6 × depth charges, 3 chutes