HMS Blackmore (L43)

HMS Blackmore (pennant number L43) was an escort destroyer of the Type II Hunt class. The Royal Navy ordered Blackmore's construction three months after the outbreak of the Second World War. A. Stephen & Sons laid down her keel at their Glasgow yard on 10 February 1941, as Admiralty Job Number J1479. The ship was adopted by the civil community of Langport, Somerset after a successful Warship Week campaign. The ship was sold to the Royal Danish Navy and renamed HDMS Esbern Snare.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Blackmore.

HMS Blackmore, underway on the river Medway.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Blackmore
Ordered20 December 1940
BuilderA. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow
Laid down10 February 1940
Launched2 December 1941
Commissioned14 April 1942
IdentificationPennant number: L43
Honours and
awards
FateSold to the Royal Danish Navy in 1954
Denmark
NameHDMS Esbern Snare
Commissioned1954
Decommissioned1965
IdentificationF341
FateScrapped in 1966
General characteristics
Class and typeType II Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,050 tons standard;
  • 1,490 tons full load
Length85.34 m (280.0 ft)
Beam9.62 m (31.6 ft)
Draught2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion2 shaft Parsons geared turbines; 19,000 shp
Speed25.5 kn (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
Range3,600 nmi (6,670 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement164
Armament
  • 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • AAA - 2 × 4 12.7mm Vickers, 2 × 20 mm
  • 6 Thornycroft depth charge throwers
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