HMS Hurworth (L28)

Hurworth L 28
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hurworth
Ordered20 December 1939
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down10 April 1940
Launched16 April 1941
Commissioned5 October 1941
IdentificationPennant number: L28
Honours &
awards
  • Atlantic 1941
  • Libya 1942 - Sirte 1942
  • Mediterranean 1942
  • Malta Convoys 1942
  • Sicily 1943 - Aegean 1943
FateSunk by a mine, 22 October 1943
General characteristics
Class & typeHunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard
  • 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Lengtho/a 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in)
Beam9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
  • 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range2,560 nmi (4,740 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Complement168
Armament

HMS Hurworth was a Second World War Type II Hunt-class escort destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She spent most of her career in the Mediterranean. She was lost to a mine in the Aegean Sea in 1943.