HMS Eskimo (F75)

	Eskimo in April 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	Eskimo
Namesake	Eskimo
Ordered	19 June 1936
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne
Cost	£342,108
Laid down	5 August 1936
Launched	3 September 1937
Completed	30 December 1938
Identification	Pennant numbers: L75, F75 & G75
Fate	Sold for scrap, 27 June 1949
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	1,891 long tons (1,921 t) (standard); 2,519 long tons (2,559 t) (deep load);
Length	377 ft (114.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draught	11 ft 3 in (3.43 m)
Installed power	3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 44,000 shp (33,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	190
Sensors and ; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 1 × quadruple 2-pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns; 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machineguns; 1 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers;

HMS Eskimo was a Tribal-class destroyer, Eskimo served throughout the Second World War, seeing action in Norway, the Mediterranean, the English Channel and in Burma. After the war Eskimo was used as an accommodation and headquarters ship, finally being used as a practice target before being scrapped in 1949.

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