HMS Eskimo
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HMS Eskimo

Shown here is the 'Tribal' class destroyer HMS Eskimo in the foreground with the 'Hunt' class escort destroyer HMS Wheatland's stern just visible clear of the bomb blast, convoy PQ18.
HMS Eskimo's Commanding Officers

Cdr. St. J.A. Micklethwait RN 9 December, 1938-14 November, 1940
Cdr. E.G. Le Geyt RN 15 November, 1940-September 1942
Lt. D.L. Binnington RN October,1942
Capt. J.W. M. Eaton DSO DSC RN November,1942-August 1943
Lt. J.E.Manners RN August,1943-31 January, 1944
Lt-Cdr. E.N.Sinclair RN 1 December, 1944-December, 1945
Cdr. C.P.F. Brown DSC RN December 1945-11 June, 1946
Cdr. P.G.A. King DSC RD RNR 12 June, 1946-2 September,1946
Cdr. A. Longmuir DSC RNR 3 September, 1946-4 November,1947
Lt-Cdr. A. H Martin RN 5 November, 1947-14 April, 1948
 
Builders: Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co. (Hull sub-contracted to Vickers-Armstrong, Hight Walker Yard, The Tyne)

Engined by: Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co, Wallsend

Ordered: June 1936

Laid Down: 5th August 1936

Launched: 3rd September 1937 (by Lady Best)

Commissioned: 30th December 1938
 
Displacement;
1,987 Tons Standard
2,745 Tons Full Load

Overall Length: 377 Feet

Beam: 36 Feet 6 inches

Draught: 13 Feet

SHP: 44,450 (At Trials)

Speed:36.2 Knots (At Trials)

Armament:
Eight 4.7 inch guns (4x2)
Four 2-Pdr (1x4)
Eight 0.5 inchn Machine Guns (2x4)
Four 21 inch Torpedo Tubes (1x4)
One Depth Charge chute
Two dpth Charge Throwers

Complement: 190

Cost: £513,450
 

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