- Description
- Construction and career
- References
- Bibliography
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image = HMS Racehorse 1942 IWM FL 8985.jpg | Ship image size = 300px | Ship caption = Racehorse on the River Clyde on completion, December 1942
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United Kingdom | United Kingdom|naval}} | Ship name = HMS Racehorse | Ship owner = | Ship namesake = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = John Brown & Company, Clydebank | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 1942 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship identification=pennant number H11 | Ship fate = Scrapped 1949 | Ship status = | Ship notes =
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = R-class destroyer | 1705|LT|lk=on}} (standard)- {{Convert|2425|LT}} (deep load)
| 358|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on|1}} (o/a) | 35|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on|1}} | 13|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on|1}} (deep) | 40000|shp|abbr=on|lk=in}}- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
| Ship propulsion=2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines | 36|kn|lk=in}} | 4675|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{Convert|20|kn}} | Ship's complement=176 | Ship sensors=*Radar Type 290 air warning- Radar Type 285 ranging & bearing
| Ship EW= | Ship armament=* 5 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk.IX guns- 1 × quadruple QF 2-pdr Mk.VIII AA guns
- 6 × single QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns
- 2 × quadruple 21-inch torpedo tubes
- 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges
| Ship notes=
}} | HMS Racehorse was a R-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. DescriptionRacehorse displaced {{convert|1705|LT|t}} at standard load and {{convert|2425|LT|t}} at deep load. She had an overall length of {{convert|358|ft|3|in|1}}, a beam of {{convert|33|ft|8|in|1}} and a deep draught of {{convert|13|ft|6|in|1}}. She was powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of {{convert|40000|shp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|36|kn|lk=in}}. Racehorse carried a maximum of {{convert|470|LT|t}} of fuel oil that gave her a range of {{convert|4675|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|20|kn}}. Her complement was 176 officers and ratings.[1]The ship was armed with four 45-calibre 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns in single mounts. For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, Racehorse had one quadruple mount for QF 2-pdr Mark VIII ("pom-pom") guns and six single {{convert|20|mm|adj=on|1}} Oerlikon autocannon. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple mounts for {{convert|21|in|adj=on|0}} torpedoes. Two depth charge rails and four throwers were fitted for which 70 depth charges were provided.[2] Construction and careerShe was built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank and launched in 1942. She was adopted by the civil community of Greater London during Warship Week in 1942. The ship served in World War II, taking part in operations Balsam and Livery.[3] She was placed in reserve in Portsmouth in 1946. She arrived at Troon for breaking up on 8 December 1949.[4] References1. ^Lenton, p. 174
2. ^English, p. 51
3. ^{{cite book| last = Ministry of Defence (Navy)| first = Great Britain| title = The advance to Japan| publisher = H.M. Stationery Office| series = War with Japan| volume = Volume 6, Part 1| date = 1995| pages = 334| url = https://books.google.com/?id=6ylOAQAAMAAJ&q=&dq=| isbn = 9780117728219}}
4. ^Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. {{ISBN|0-9506323-9-2}}, page 52
Bibliography- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
- {{colledge}}
- {{cite book|last=English|first=John|title=Obdurate to Daring: British Fleet Destroyers 1941–45|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Windsor, UK|year=2001|isbn=978-0-9560769-0-8}}
- {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|authorlink=Henry Trevor Lenton|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-048-7}}
- {{cite book|last=Raven|first=Alan|author2=Roberts, John |title=War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes|publisher=Bivouac Books|location=London|date=1978|isbn=0-85680-010-4}}
- {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War 2|publisher=Naval Institute Press|date=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}
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