ABOUT HMS MARTIN |
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‘M’ or MATCHLESS CLASS FLEET DESTROYER ORDERED 7th JULY 1939
LAID DOWN 23rd OCTOBER 1939
LAUNCHED 12th DECEMBER 1940
BUILT BY MESSERS VICKERS ARMSTRONG at NEWCASTLE
COMMISIONED 25th MARCH 1942
COMPLETED 4th APRIL 1942
COST £457,512
IN MARCH 1942 THE MARTIN WAS ADOPTED BY THE CIVIL COMMUNITY OF BURY, LANCASHIRE AFTER A SUCCESSFUL ‘WAR WEEK NATIONAL SAVINGS CAMPAIGN'
MACHINERY SUPPLIED BY MARINE STEAM TURBINE CO. LTD, WALKER-ON-TYNE. CONSISTING TWIN SCREW PARSONS IR SINGLE REDUCTION TURBINES
| DISPLACEMENT | 1920 Tons |
| LENGTH, OVERALL | 362’-6” |
| BEAM | 36’-9” |
| DRAUGHT, FORWARD | 12’-8” |
| DRAUGHT, AFT | 16’-0” |
| SPEED DESIGNED | 36 Knots (48,000 HP) |
| ENDURANCE @ 15 Knots | 5,500 Miles |
| ENDURANCE @ FULL SPEED | 1.080 Miles |
| ARMAMENT | |
| 6x4.7” GUNS | 2 QUADRUPLE REVOLVING TORPEDO TUBES |
| 1x4” HA GUN | 8x21” TORPEDOS |
| 1x2 Pdr POM-POM FOUR BARREL | 2 DEPTHCHARGE RAILS |
| 2x.5 TTWIN POWER MACHINE GUNS | 2 DEPTH CHARGE THROWERS |
| 4x20mm OERLIKONS | 42 DEPTH CHARGES |