HMS Contest (R12)

	HMS Contest on the Solent, 8 November 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Contest
Builder	White, Cowes
Laid down	1 November 1943
Launched	16 December 1944
Commissioned	9 November 1945
Identification	Pennant number: R12 (later D48)
Fate	Arrived for breaking up at Thos. W. Ward Grays, Essex on 2 February 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,885 tons (1,915 tonnes); 2,545 tons full (2,585 tonnes);
Length	362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a
Beam	35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught	11.75 ft (3.58 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,; Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines,; 40,000 shp (29.8 MW), 2 shafts;
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full
Range	4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h); 1,400 nmi (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h);
Complement	186
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI
Armament	4 × 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 Mk V; 4 × anti-aircraft mountings;; Single Bofors 40 mm Mk.III; Single QF 2 - pdr Mk.VIII Mk.XVI; Single Oerlikon 20 mm P Mk.III; Twin Oerlikon 20 mm Mk.V; 8 (2x4) tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX; 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges;

HMS Contest was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by J. Samuel White, Cowes. Laid down on 1 November 1943 and commissioned on 9 November 1945, she was the Royal Navy's first all-welded warship. She was scrapped in 1960.

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