HMS Hardy (R08)

	Hardy in August 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hardy
Ordered	1 September 1941
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Laid down	14 May 1942
Launched	18 March 1943
Commissioned	August 1943
Identification	Pennant number:R08
Honours &; awards	Arctic 1943-44
Fate	Scuttled after being torpedoed on 30 January 1944
General characteristics
Class & type	V-class destroyer
Displacement	1,777 long tons (1,806 t) standard; 2,058 long tons (2,091 t) full load;
Length	363 ft (111 m)
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers; Geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29,828 kW); 2 shafts;
Speed	37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h)
Range	4,860 nmi (9,000 km) at 29 kn (54 km/h)
Complement	180 (225 in flotilla leader)
Armament	Original configuration :; 4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk IX guns in single mountings CP Mk.XXII; 2 × QF 40 mm Bofors guns in twin mount Mk.IV; 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns; 2 × twin mounts Mk.V, 2 × single mounts Mk.III; 2 × quadruple tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX;

HMS Hardy was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War.

History
Hardy in August 1943
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hardy
Ordered	1 September 1941
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Laid down	14 May 1942
Launched	18 March 1943
Commissioned	August 1943
Identification	Pennant number:R08
Honours & awards	Arctic 1943-44
Fate	Scuttled after being torpedoed on 30 January 1944
General characteristics
Class & type	V-class destroyer
Displacement	1,777 long tons (1,806 t) standard 2,058 long tons (2,091 t) full load
Length	363 ft (111 m)
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers Geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29,828 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h)
Range	4,860 nmi (9,000 km) at 29 kn (54 km/h)
Complement	180 (225 in flotilla leader)
Armament	Original configuration : 4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk IX guns in single mountings CP Mk.XXII 2 × QF 40 mm Bofors guns in twin mount Mk.IV 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns; 2 × twin mounts Mk.V, 2 × single mounts Mk.III 2 × quadruple tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX