HMS Chevron (R51)

	HMS Chevron on the River Clyde, 18 May 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Chevron
Ordered	24 July 1942
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons Limited, (Glasgow, Scotland)
Yard number	599
Laid down	18 March 1943
Launched	23 February 1944
Commissioned	23 August 1945
Identification	Pennant number: R51
Fate	Scrapped at Inverkeithing in December 1969
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,900 long tons (1,930 t) standard; 2,535 long tons (2,576 t) full load;
Length	362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) o/a; 339 ft 6 in (103.48 m) pp;
Beam	35 ft 9 in (10.90 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,; Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines,; 40,000 shp (30 MW), 2 shafts;
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph); 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) (full load);
Range	4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph); 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph);
Complement	186
Armament	4 × QF 4.5 in (5 in) L/45 guns on mounts CP Mk.V; 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV;; 2 × single 2-pdr Mk VIII; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon; 8 (2 × 4) tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX; 80 depth charges;

HMS Chevron was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that was in service from August 1945 to the 1960s. She was scrapped in 1969.

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