HMS Limbourne (L57)

	Painting by William McDowell of Limbourne (left) with Charybdis (right) in an English Channel gale
History
United Kingdom
Name	Limbourne
Ordered	4 July 1940
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow
Laid down	8 April 1941
Launched	12 May 1942
Commissioned	24 October 1942
Identification	Pennant number: L57
Fate	Sunk 23 October 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Type III Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard,; 1,490 long tons (1,510 t) full load;
Length	264 ft 3 in (80.54 m) pp,; 280 ft (85.34 m) oa;
Beam	31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Draught	7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,000 kW);
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km; 4,300 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	168
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX; 5 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII (1 × quad mount and 1 × single bow chaser mount); 3 × 20 mm Oerlikons; 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 70 depth charges, 4 throwers, 2 racks;

HMS Limbourne (L57) was a Hunt-class escort destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She was sunk in action, off German-occupied Guernsey, on 23 October 1943.

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