HMS Comus (R43)

	HMS Comus, 28 June 1946
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Comus
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company
Laid down	21 August 1943
Launched	14 March 1945
Commissioned	8 July 1946
Home port	Portsmouth
Identification	Pennant number: R43 (later D20)
Fate	Scrapped 12 November 1958
General characteristics
Class & type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,885 tons (1,915 tonnes); 2,545 tons full (2,585 tonnes);
Length	362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a
Beam	35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught	11.75 ft (3.58 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,; Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines,; 40,000 shp (29.8 MW), 2 shafts;
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full
Range	4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h); 1,400 nmi (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h);
Complement	186
Sensors &; processing systems	Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI
Armament	4 × QF 4.5 in (114 mm) L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V Later reduced to three 4.5s and armed with anti submarine mortars in place of Y turret; 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount Mk V; 4 × anti-aircraft mountings;; Single Bofors 40 mm Mk.III; Single QF 2 - pdr Mk.VIII Mk.XVI; Single Oerlikon 20 mm P Mk.III; Twin Oerlikon 20 mm Mk.V; 8 (2x4) tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX; 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges removed when armed with anti-submarine mortars;

NameHMS Comus

Laid down21 August 1943

Launched14 March 1945

HMS Comus was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by John I. Thornycroft & Company at Woolston, Southampton. She was launched on 14 March 1945 and commissioned on 8 July 1946.

Decommissioning and disposal

History

HMS Comus, 28 June 1946




United Kingdom
Name	HMS Comus
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company
Laid down	21 August 1943
Launched	14 March 1945
Commissioned	8 July 1946
Home port	Portsmouth
Identification	Pennant number: R43 (later D20)
Fate	Scrapped 12 November 1958


General characteristics
Class & type	C-class destroyer
Displacement	1,885 tons (1,915 tonnes) 2,545 tons full (2,585 tonnes)
Length	362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a
Beam	35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught	11.75 ft (3.58 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (29.8 MW), 2 shafts
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full
Range	4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) 1,400 nmi (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement	186
Sensors & processing systems	Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI
Armament	4 × QF 4.5 in (114 mm) L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V Later reduced to three 4.5s and armed with anti submarine mortars in place of Y turret 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount Mk V 4 × anti-aircraft mountings; Single Bofors 40 mm Mk.III Single QF 2 - pdr Mk.VIII Mk.XVI Single Oerlikon 20 mm P Mk.III Twin Oerlikon 20 mm Mk.V 8 (2x4) tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges removed when armed with anti-submarine mortars