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RHS Kanaris (L53) (Greek: ΒΠ Κανάρης) was a Type III Hunt-classdestroyer that was originally built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Hatherleigh.
General characteristics
The Hunt class was meant to fill the Royal Navy's need for a large number of small destroyer-type vessels capable of both convoy escort and operations with the fleet. The Type III Hunts differed from the previous Type II ships in replacing a twin 4-inch gun mount by two torpedo tubes to improve their ability to operate as destroyers.
The ship was 85.3 m (280 ft) long, her beam was 11.4 m (37 ft) and draught 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in). Displacement was 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard and 1,490 long tons (1,510 t) under full load. Two Admiralty boilers raising steam at 300 pounds per square inch (2,100 kPa) and 620 °F (327 °C) fed Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines that drove two propeller shafts, generating 19,000 shaft horsepower (14,000 kW) at 380 rpm. This gave a speed of 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) and a range of 2,350 nautical miles (4,350 km; 2,700 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
Her main gun armament included four 4-inch (102 mm) QF Mk XVI guns (anti-ship and anti-aircraft) in two twin mounts, with a quadruple 2-pounder "pom-pom" gun and three Oerlikon 20 mm cannons providing close-in anti-aircraft fire. The ship's anti-aircraft armament may have been supplemented by two Bofors 40 mm guns. Two 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes were fitted in a single twin mount, while two depth charge chutes, four depth charge throwers and 70 depth charges comprised the ship's anti-submarine armament. Type 291 and Type 285 radars was fitted, as was a Type 128 sonar.
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RHS Kanaris (L53)
United Kingdom
Greece
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