HMS Constance (R71)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Constance.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Constance
Ordered	12 September 1942
Builder	Vickers Armstrong
Laid down	11 March 1943
Launched	22 June 1944
Commissioned	6 June 1945
Identification	Pennant number: R71, later changed to D71
Motto	Desirmais : "Thereafter"
Fate	Arrived for scrapping at Inverkeithing on 8 March 1956
Badge	On a field Blue, a Dragon Red on three wavelets Gold
General characteristics
Class and type	C-class 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 (29.8 MW), 2 shafts
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h) / 32 knots (59 km/h) full
Range	4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) 1,400 nmi (2,600 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement	186
Sensors and processing systems	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 Constance was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 22 June 1944.[1]

After the war she was allocated to the 8th Destroyer squadron for service in the Far East. This included deployments as part of United Nations operations, as part of the Korean War. She returned from the Far East and was listed for disposal in 1955.[2] She was sold to Thos. W. Ward for scrapping at Inverkeithing, arriving there on 8 March 1956.

References

1. Mason, Geoffrey B (2003). Gordon Smith (ed.). "HMS Constance (R 71) - Co-class Destroyer". Naval-History. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
2. Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983. Ian Allan Ltd. pp. 65. ISBN 9780711013223.

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.