HMS Ivanhoe (d16) Aivengo was laid down on February 6, 1936, simultaneously with the same type of Isis at the Yarrow Shipbuilders shipyard in Glasgow . Launched on February 11, 1937, becoming the second ship of the Royal Navy, bearing this name. It went into operation on August 24, 1937. The cost of building the ship was approximately 400,000 pounds . In particular, the cost without weapons and communications installed by the Admiralty amounted to £ 259,371. It was blown up by mines and sank on September 1, 1940.
| The destroyer "Ivanhoe" | |
|---|---|
| HMS Ivanhoe (D16) | |
 HMS Ivanhoe (D16), September 1938 | |
| Service | |
 Great Britain | |
| Class and type of vessel | Destroyer |
| Organization |  Royal Navy of Great Britain |
| Manufacturer | Yarrow shipbuilders |
| Construction started | February 12, 1936 |
| Launched | February 11, 1937 |
| Commissioned | August 24, 1937 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | standard - 1391 full - 1918 tons |
| Length | the largest - 98.5 m |
| Width | 10.05 m |
| Draft | 4.10 m |
| Engines | 2 single-stage PZA Parsons, 3 Admiralty three-collector boilers |
| Power | 34 000 liters with. |
| Mover | 2 screws |
| Speed | 35.6 knots |
| Sailing range | 5530 miles in 15-knot |
| Crew | 145 |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 4 × 1 - 120 mm / 45 guns QF Mk. IX |
| Flak | 2 × 4 - 12.7 mm machine gun |
| Anti-submarine weapons | ASDIC, 2 BMBs , 1 bomber , 20 depth charges |
| Mine torpedo armament | 2 × 4 - 533 mm SLT [1] [2] |
Content
Description
Aivengo belonged to the last series of "standard destroyers" of Great Britain. Type I destroyers were a slightly modified design of the previous type H, differing from it only in five-tube torpedo tubes. To compensate for the increased "upper" weight in the interior of the ships had to lay ballast . Type I destroyers had a displacement of 1370 long tons (1390 tons) at standard load and 1888 long tons (1918 tons) at full. The total length was 323 feet (98.5 m), width - 33 feet (10.1 m), design draft - 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). They were equipped with two Parsons direct-flow steam turbines, each with its own shaft drive, using steam, represented by three three-collector Admiralty boilers. Crew - 145 officers and sailors.
Service
Pre-War Service
After entering into service in 1937, “Aivengo” managed to visit the Mediterranean fleet . Based in Malta [3] . During the Civil War in Spain, he patrolled off the Spanish coast as part of the “ Committee on Non-Intervention ” [4] .
Participation in World War II
In the fall of 1939 he was transferred to the fleet of the Metropolis . October 14, 1939 participated in the sinking of the German submarine U-45 .
In April 1940 he participated in the Norwegian operation , and in May in evacuations from Holland, Belgium and France . Damaged by German aircraft.
After completion of the repair work, he participated in mine productions. September 1 at 0 o’clock. 51 minutes was blown up by a mine, then was attacked by an aircraft. The crew left the ship at a point with coordinates At 17 o'clock it is finished off by the destroyer "Kelvin".
Notes
- ↑ Arms data at the time of commissioning
- ↑ Rubanov, 2004 , p. 18.
- ↑ to Ivanhoe, 1993 , p. 115.
- ↑ to Ivanhoe, 1993 , p. 126.
Literature
- O. A. Rubanov. Destroyers of England in World War II. - SPb. , 2004 .-- S. 23, 35, 39, 46. - 72 p. - (WARSHIPS OF THE WORLD).
- Granovsky E., Dashyan A., Morozov M. British destroyers in battle. Part 2 / ed. M. E. Morozov. - M .: CheRo, 1997 .-- S. 18. - 48 p. - (Retrospective of war at sea). - 1000 copies. - ISBN 5-88711-052-X .
- Dashyan A.V. Ships of the Second World War. UK Navy. Part 2. - M .: Model-Designer, 2003. - (Marine Collection No. 5).
- English, John. Amazon to Ivanhoe: British Standard Destroyers of the 1930s. - Kendal: World Ship Society, 1993 .-- 144 p. - ISBN 0-905617-64-9 .