HMS Brazen (H80)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Brazen
Ordered	22 March 1929
Builder	Palmers, Hebburn
Laid down	22 July 1929
Launched	25 July 1930
Completed	8 April 1931
Identification	Pennant number: H80[1]
Fate	Sunk by German aircraft, 20 July 1940
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	B-class destroyer
Displacement	1,360 long tons (1,380 t) (standard)
Length	323 ft (98.5 m) (o/a)
Beam	32 ft 3 in (9.8 m)
Draught	12 ft 3 in (3.7 m)
Installed power	3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 34,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	142 (wartime)
Sensors and processing systems	Type 119 ASDIC
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 2 × single 2 pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × depth charge rail and 2 throwers; 20 × depth charges

HMS Brazen was a B-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy around 1930. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was transferred to Home Fleet in 1936. The ship escorted convoys and conducted anti-submarine patrols early in World War II before participating in the Norwegian Campaign in April–May 1940. Brazen later began escorting coastal convoys in the English Channel and was sunk in late July 1940 by German aircraft whilst doing so.