![]() HMS Veteran in King George V Dock, London in 1942
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Name | HMS Veteran |
Ordered | April 1918 |
Builder | John Brown & Company |
Laid down | 30 August 1918 |
Launched | 26 August 1919 |
Commissioned | 13 November 1919 |
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Fate | Sunk by U-404 on 26 September 1942 |
Badge | On a Field Green, an old warrior’s head, helmeted Proper. |
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Class and type | Admiralty modified W-class destroyer |
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Length | 312 ft o/a, 300 ft p/p |
Beam | 29.5 feet (9.0 m) |
Draught | 9 feet (2.7 m), 11 feet 7.5 inches (3.543 m) under full load |
Propulsion | Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp |
Speed | 34 kn |
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Complement | 127 |
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General characteristics SRE Conversion | |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 24.5 kn |
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Complement | 134 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Medium Frequency Direction Finding Outfit FM7 fitted Feb, 1941 |
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Victories: | U-207 – 11 Sep 1941 |
HMS Veteran was an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was ordered in April 1918 from John Brown & Company under the 14th War Program. She was the third Royal Navy ship to carry the name.[1]