Английская Википедия:HMS Cheviot
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Cheviot was one of thirty-two Шаблон:Sclass2 destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, a member of the eight-ship Ch sub-class. Completed after the war, she was sold for scrap in 1962.
Design and description
The Ch sub-class was a repeat of the preceding Ca sub-class, except that the addition of remote control for the main-gun mounts caused some of the ships' intended weapons to be removed to save weight. Cheviot displaced Шаблон:Convert at standard load and Шаблон:Convert at deep load. They had an overall length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a deep draught of Шаблон:Convert.[1]
The ships were powered by a pair of geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of Шаблон:Convert and gave a speed of Шаблон:Convert at normal load.[2] During her sea trials, Cheviot reached a speed of Шаблон:Convert at a load of Шаблон:Convert.[3] The Ch sub-class carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert. The ships' complement was 186 officers and ratings.[1]
The main armament of the destroyers consisted of four [[QF 4.5 inch Mk I - V naval gun|QF Шаблон:Convert Mk IV]] dual-purpose guns, one superfiring pair each fore and aft of the superstructure protected by partial gun shields. Their anti-aircraft suite consisted of one twin-gun stabilised Mk IV "Hazemeyer" mount for [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Шаблон:Convert Bofors guns]] and two four twin mounts for [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|Шаблон:Convert Oerlikon]] AA guns.[1] To compensate for the weight of the remote control equipment, one of the two quadruple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tube mounts was removed[4] and the depth charge stowage was reduced to only 35. The ships were fitted with a pair of depth charge rails and two throwers for the depth charges.[5]
Construction and career
Cheviot was ordered from Alexander Stephens & Sons and the ship was laid down on 27 April 1943 at its shipyard in Linthouse, launched on 2 May 1944 and was commissioned on 11 December 1945.[1]
In 1946 Cheviot was assigned to the 1st Destroyer Squadron based at Malta. She saw service, along with other Royal Navy ships in preventing illegal immigration into Palestine in 1947.[6] Her pennant number was also subsequently changed to D90 from R90. She returned to the UK in 1950. She was given an interim modernisation in 1954, which saw her 'X' turret at the rear of the ship replaced by two Squid anti-submarine mortars.[7]
Between December 1956 and October 1959 she saw service in the Far East, as part of the 8th Destroyer Squadron. Cheviot was decommissioned in March 1960. The ship was used as a target for homing torpedo trials.[8] She was subsequently sold to Thos. W. Ward and arrived at their yard in Inverkeithing for scrapping on 22 October 1962.[9]
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