HMS Racehorse (H11)

	Racehorse on the River Clyde on completion, December 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Racehorse
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Launched	1942
Identification	Pennant number H11
Fate	Scrapped 1949
General characteristics
Class & type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	1,705 long tons (1,732 t) (standard); 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) (deep load);
Length	358 ft 3 in (109.2 m) (o/a)
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.9 m)
Draught	13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) (deep)
Installed power	40,000 shp (30,000 kW); 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	4,675 nmi (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Sensors &; processing systems	Radar Type 290 air warning; Radar Type 285 ranging & bearing;
Armament	5 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk.IX guns; 1 × quadruple QF 2-pdr Mk.VIII AA guns; 6 × single QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns; 2 × quadruple 21-inch torpedo tubes; 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges;

HMS Racehorse was a R-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War.

History
Racehorse on the River Clyde on completion, December 1942
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Racehorse
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Launched	1942
Identification	Pennant number H11
Fate	Scrapped 1949
General characteristics
Class & type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	1,705 long tons (1,732 t) (standard) 2,425 long tons (2,464 t) (deep load)
Length	358 ft 3 in (109.2 m) (o/a)
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.9 m)
Draught	13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) (deep)
Installed power	40,000 shp (30,000 kW) 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	4,675 nmi (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Sensors & processing systems	Radar Type 290 air warning Radar Type 285 ranging & bearing
Armament	5 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk.IX guns 1 × quadruple QF 2-pdr Mk.VIII AA guns 6 × single QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns 2 × quadruple 21-inch torpedo tubes 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges