HMS Consort (R76)

HMS Consort on the river Clyde in 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Consort
Ordered	14 August 1942
Builder	Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow
Laid down	26 May 1943
Launched	19 October 1944
Commissioned	19 March 1946
Identification	Pennant number: R76
Fate	Arrived for scrapping at Swansea on 15 March 1961
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass2- 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 (30 MW), 2 shafts
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph) / 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) full
Range	4,675 nmi (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement	186 (222 as leader
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 276 target indication Radar Type 291 air warning Radar Type 285 fire control on director Type K 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 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV 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

HMS Consort was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 October 1944 and commissioned on 19 March 1946.

Whilst berthed at Nanking, Consort suffered 49 casualties in 1949 after being attacked by the Chinese. She suffered further loss during the Yangtze Incident in an attempt to tow the sloop Amethyst from a mudbank, taking 56 direct hits, and causing casualties of 23 wounded and a further ten dead.

Following decommissioning she was sold to the Prince of Wales Drydock Co, Swansea, Wales, arriving there on 15 March 1961 for scrapping.

Publications

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.