HMS Lamerton (L88)

HMS Lamerton was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was sold to the Indian Navy in 1952, where she served as INS Gomati.

Aerial photograph of HMS Lamerton in September 1941
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Lamerton
Ordered3 September 1939
BuilderSwan Hunter
Laid down10 April 1940
Launched14 December 1940
Commissioned16 August 1941
IdentificationPennant number: L88
Honours and
awards
  • Atlantic, 1941–42
  • Arctic, 1942
  • North Africa, 1942–43
  • Sicily, 1943
  • Salerno, 1943
  • Mediterranean, 1944
  • Aegean, 1943
  • Adriatic, 1944
FateLoaned, then sold, to Indian Navy
India
NameINS Gomati
NamesakeGomti River
AcquiredApril 1958
Commissioned24 April 1953
Decommissioned1975
IdentificationPennant number: D93
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeType II Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard
  • 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Length85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 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
Range3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement164
Armament
  • 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
  • 2 (later 4) × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
  • 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks

Following the war, early in 1946, she was reduced to Reserve status at Harwich.

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