HMS Cattistock (L35)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cattistock
Namesake	A fox hunt in Dorsetshire, England
Builder	Yarrow, Glasgow
Laid down	9 June 1939
Launched	22 February 1940
Completed	22 July 1940
Commissioned	22 July 1940
Decommissioned	26 March 1946
Identification	Pennant number: L35
Honours and; awards	Battle honours for:; North Sea 1941–1945; English Channel 1942–1944; Normandy 1944;
Fate	Scrapped 1957
Badge	On a Field Red, upon a white roundel, a Blue cornflower stalked and leaved Proper.
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,000 long tons (1,016 t) standard; 1,340 long tons (1,362 t) full load;
Length	280 ft (85 m)
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught	10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Propulsion	2 x Admiralty 3 drum boilers; 2-shaft Parsons geared turbines; 19,000 shp;
Speed	27+1⁄2 kn (26 knots full)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) / 1,000 nmi (2,000 km) at 26 knots (48 km/h)
Complement	146
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX; 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk VIII AA guns on quad mount MK.VII; 2 × 20-mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk. III; 40 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack;

HMS Cattistock (L35) was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was a member of the first subgroup of the Hunt class and served throughout World War II before being scrapped in 1957.

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