HMS Cassandra (R62)

HMS Cassandra was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered in February 1942 from Yarrow Shipbuilders. She was originally to be named HMS Tourmaline but this was changed to Cassandra in November 1942 to fit her revised class name. She was laid down on 30 January 1943 and launched on 29 November 1943.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cassandra and HMS Tourmaline.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cassandra
OrderedFebruary 1942
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun
Laid down30 January 1943
Launched29 November 1943
Completed28 July 1944
Commissioned28 July 1944
Renamed
  • Ordered as HMS Tourmaline
  • Renamed HMS Cassandra in November 1942
IdentificationPennant number: R62 initially, but changed to D10 in 1945
MottoFuriosior undis: 'More mad than the waves'
Honours and
awards		Arctic 1944
FateArrived at breaker's yard for scrapping on 28 April 1967
BadgeOn a Field Blue, a woman's head affronte with two snakes wreathed round her neck and poised about her ears all Proper.
General characteristics
Class and typeC-class destroyer
Displacement1,710 tons (standard) 2,520 tons (full)
Length363 ft (111 m) o/a
Beam35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught
  • 10 ft (3.0 m) light,
  • 14.5 ft (4.4 m) full
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
  • Parsons geared steam turbines,
  • 40,000 shp (30,000 kW), 2 shafts
Speed37 knots (69 km/h)
Range615 tons oil, 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement186
Armament
  • 3 × QF 4.5 in (114 mm) L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V
  • 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV, or;
  • 4 × anti-aircraft mountings;
  • Bofors 40 mm, single mount Mk.III
  • QF 2-pdr Mk VIII, single mount Mk.XVI
  • Oerlikon 20 mm, single mount P Mk.III
  • Oerlikon 20 mm, twin mount Mk.V
  • 2 × pentuple tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX
  • 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges
  • 6 × Squid anti-submarine launchers
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