HMS Carron (R30)

	Carron, 25 March 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name	Carron
Ordered	24 March 1942
Builder	Scotts, Greenock
Laid down	26 November 1942 as Strenuous
Launched	28 March 1944
Completed	6 November 1944
Commissioned	28 July 1944
Out of service	Paid off on 5 April 1963
Renamed	Carron before launch
Identification	Pennant number: R30 initially, but changed to D30 in 1945
Honours and; awards	None
Fate	Sold for scrap, 10 March 1967
Badge	On a Field Red, a fountain charged with a Stag's head caboched Gold.
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,710 long tons (1,740 t) (standard)
Length	362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.9 m)
Draught	14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) (full load)
Installed power	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	186
Armament	4 × single 4.5 in (114 mm) DP guns; 1 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA gun; 2 × twin and 2 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns; 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 4 throwers and 2 racks for 108 depth charges;

HMS Carron was one of thirty-two C-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, a member of the eight-ship Ca sub-class. Commissioned in late 1944, she was assigned to the Home Fleet and escorted the fleet's larger ships during operations off German-occupied Norway. Carron was sold for scrap in 1967.

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