HMS Atherstone (L05)

HMS Atherstone in 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Atherstone
Ordered	21 March 1939
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	8 June 1939
Launched	12 December 1939
Commissioned	23 March 1940
Fate	Sold for scrap 1957
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Type I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,000 long tons (1,016 t) standard 1,340 long tons (1,362 t) full load
Length	264 ft 3 in (80.54 m) pp, 280 ft (85.34 m) oa
Beam	29 ft (8.84 m)
Draught	7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,000 kW)
Speed	27.5 kn (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	146
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk VIII AA guns (1 × quad mount) 30 depth charges

HMS Atherstone was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched in late 1939 as the first of her class but was found to be unstable, and had to undergo significant modifications before entering service in March 1940.