HMS Lance (G87)

HMS Lance was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She entered service during World War II, and had a short but eventful career, serving in Home waters and the Mediterranean Sea. She was damaged in two consecutive air attacks at Malta in 1942. She was towed back to Britain, declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped. She had been adopted by the civil community of Bexley and Welling, Kent in November 1941.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Lance.

Lance in Grand Harbour, 8 January 1942
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Lance
Ordered31 March 1938
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Laid down1 March 1939
Launched28 November 1940
Commissioned13 May 1941
FateDamaged by bombs on 5 and 9 April 1942. Declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.
BadgeBadge: On a Field barry wavy of four White and Blue, issuant from the base a Lance Red.
General characteristics
Class and typeL-class destroyer
Displacement1,920 tons
Length362.5 ft (110.5 m)
Beam36.7 ft (11.2 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion
  • Two shafts
  • Two geared steam turbines
  • Two drum-type boilers
  • 48000 shp (35.8 MW)
Speed36 kt (66.7 km/h)
Range5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement221
Armament
  • 4 × twin QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk XVI guns
  • 1 × quadruple QF 2 pdr Mk VIII L/39 (40 mm)
  • 2 × quadruple QF 0.5 in Mk III Vickers (12.7 mm)
  • 2 × quadruple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
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