HMS Lookout (G32)

HMS Lookout was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 4 November 1940 and broken up in 1948. She was one of only two L-class destroyers to survive the Second World War, the other being Loyal.

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

Lookout at Greenock, 21 January 1942
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Lookout
Ordered31 March 1938
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
Laid down23 November 1938
Launched4 November 1940
Commissioned30 January 1942
IdentificationPennant number: G32
Honours and
awards
FateSold for scrapping, 6 January 1948
BadgeOn a Field per fess wavy White and Blue, a man in crow's nest of Whaler, all proper.
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 knots (67 km/h)
Range5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement221
Armament
  • Original configuration:
  • 3 × 2 – QF 4.7-inch Mk XI dual purpose guns
  • 1 × 1 – QF 4-inch Mk V anti-aircraft gun
  • 1 × 4 – QF 2-pounder Mk VIII anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × 4 – QF .5-inch Vickers Mk III anti-aircraft machine guns
  • 2 × 4 – 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes

Ordered under the 1937 Programme, Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company were awarded the contract to build her. She would be the second Royal Navy ship to bear the name Lookout. Build was completed on 30 January 1942 and the tender cost was £440,204 which excluded items such as weapons and communications equipment supplied by the Admiralty.

After a successful Warship Week National Savings campaign in January 1942, HMS Lookout was adopted by the civil community of Burnley, Lancashire.

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