HMS Hurworth (L28)

	Hurworth L 28
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hurworth
Ordered	20 December 1939
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down	10 April 1940
Launched	16 April 1941
Commissioned	5 October 1941
Identification	Pennant number: L28
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1941; Libya 1942 - Sirte 1942; Mediterranean 1942; Malta Convoys 1942; Sicily 1943 - Aegean 1943;
Fate	Sunk by a mine, 22 October 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard; 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load;
Length	o/a 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in)
Beam	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	Two Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp;
Speed	27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h); 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full;
Range	2,560 nmi (4,740 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Complement	168
Armament	6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX; 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III; 110 depth charges, two throwers, three racks;

HMS Hurworth was a Second World War Type II Hunt-class escort destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She spent most of her career in the Mediterranean. She was lost to a mine in the Aegean Sea in 1943.

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