HMS Fowey (L15)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Fowey
Ordered	4 December 1929
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	24 March 1930
Launched	4 November 1930
Commissioned	11 September 1931
Identification	Pennant number: L15 (later U15)
Motto	Tien te foy : 'Hold thy loyalty'
Fate	Sold into merchant service in October 1946; Scrapped in 1950;
Badge	On a Field Blue, a ship Gold with White sails bearing a cross Red over wavelets Silver and Green.
General characteristics
Displacement	1,150 tons
Length	281 ft (86 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbines; two shafts; 2,000 shp (1,500 kW);
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	95
Armament	2 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk V guns (2×1); 4 .5" MG A/A (1×4);

HMS Fowey was a Shoreham-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Fowey
Ordered	4 December 1929
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	24 March 1930
Launched	4 November 1930
Commissioned	11 September 1931
Identification	Pennant number: L15 (later U15)
Motto	Tien te foy : 'Hold thy loyalty'
Fate	Sold into merchant service in October 1946 Scrapped in 1950
Badge	On a Field Blue, a ship Gold with White sails bearing a cross Red over wavelets Silver and Green.
General characteristics
Displacement	1,150 tons
Length	281 ft (86 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbines two shafts 2,000 shp (1,500 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	95
Armament	2 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk V guns (2×1) 4 .5" MG A/A (1×4)