HMS Laforey (G99)
Laforey in 1942 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Laforey |
| Ordered | 31 March 1938 |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow |
| Laid down | 1 March 1939 |
| Launched | 15 February 1941 |
| Commissioned | 26 August 1941 |
| Identification | Pennant number: G99 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by U-223 on 30 March 1944 |
| Badge | On a Field Blue, a lion's gamb Gold holding a torch in flamed Proper. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | L-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,920 tons |
| Length | 362.5 ft (110.5 m) |
| Beam | 36.7 ft (11.2 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 36 kt (66.7 km/h) |
| Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 221 |
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HMS Laforey was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was commissioned in and served during the Second World War, and was torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat in 1944. She had been adopted by the civil community of Northampton in November 1941.