HMS Active (H14)

	Active in 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Active
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn
Yard number	557
Laid down	10 July 1928
Launched	9 July 1929
Completed	9 Jan 1930
Commissioned	9 Feb 1930
Decommissioned	20 May 1947
Identification	Pennant number: H14
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1947
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	A-class destroyer
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,370 t) (standard); 1,773 long tons (1,801 t) (deep load);
Length	323 ft (98 m) (o/a)
Beam	32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
Draught	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
Installed power	34,000 shp (25,000 kW); 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	134; 140 (1940)
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 2 × single 2-pdr (40 mm) AA guns; 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 × depth charges, 3 chutes;

HMS Active, the tenth Active, launched in 1929, was an A-class destroyer. She served in the Second World War, taking part in the sinking of four submarines. She was broken up in 1947.

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