HMS Carron (R30)
Carron, 25 March 1945 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Carron |
| Ordered | 24 March 1942 |
| Builder | Scotts, Greenock |
| Laid down | 26 November 1942 as Strenuous |
| Launched | 28 March 1944 |
| Completed | 6 November 1944 |
| Commissioned | 28 July 1944 |
| Out of service | Paid off on 5 April 1963 |
| Renamed | Carron before launch |
| Identification | Pennant number: R30 initially, but changed to D30 in 1945 |
| Honours & awards | None |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 10 March 1967 |
| Badge | On a Field Red, a fountain charged with a Stag's head caboched Gold. |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | C-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,710 long tons (1,740 t) (standard) |
| Length | 362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) o/a |
| Beam | 35 ft 8 in (10.9 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) (full load) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 186 |
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HMS Carron was one of thirty-two C-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, a member of the eight-ship Ca sub-class. Commissioned in late 1944, she was assigned to the Home Fleet and escorted the fleet's larger ships during operations off German-occupied Norway. Carron was sold for scrap in 1967.