ABOUT HMS MARTIN

History
Technical Data

TECHNICAL DATA

‘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