HMS Brecon (L76)

HMS Brecon was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in the Second World War, one of two ships in the fourth subgroup of the class, built to a radically different design from other ships in the Hunt class.

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

HMS Brecon at anchor (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Brecon
Ordered1940
BuilderThornycroft, Woolston
Laid down27 February 1941
Launched27 June 1942
Commissioned18 December 1942
DecommissionedPaid off into reserve 12 December 1945
MottoBy luck and good guidance
Honours and
awards
  • Atlantic 1943
  • Sicily 1943
  • Salerno 1943
  • South France 1943
  • Mediterranean 1944
  • Aegean 1944
  • English Channel 1945
FateSold for scrapping to BISCO August 1961. Broken Up 1962 by Shipbreaking Industries, Faslane
BadgeOn a Field Barry wavy of four Blue and White,a trumpet, gold.
General characteristics
Class and typeType IV Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,175 long tons (1,194 t) standard
  • 1,561 long tons (1,586 t) full load
Length90.22 m (296 ft 0 in) o/a
Beam9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught2.36 m (7 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,000 kW)
Speed
  • 26 knots (30 mph; 48 km/h)
  • 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range950 nmi (1,760 km) at 25 kn (46 km/h)
Complement170
Armament
  • 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
  • 4 × 0.5 in Vickers machine guns on twin mounts Mk. V, later replaced by 4 × 20 mm Oerlikons on twin mounts Mk. V
  • 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 40 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack
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