- Wartime service
- Post war service
- Decommissioning and disposal
- References
- Publications
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | UK|naval}} | Ship name=HMS Cavendish | Ship ordered=February 1942 | Ship builder=John Brown, Clydebank | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=12 April 1944 | Ship completed=12 December 1944 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=28 July 1944 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed=*Built as HMS Sibyl- Renamed HMS Cavendish before launch
| Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification=Pennant number: R15 initially, but changed to D15 in 1945 | Ship motto=Cavendo tutus: ‘Safe by taking care‘ | Ship nickname= | Ship honours=None | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Arrived at breaker's yard for scrapping at Blyth on 14 August 1967 | Ship notes= | Ship badge=On a Field Blue, a ring Gold nowed at the base by a snake Proper.
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | C|destroyer (1943)|0}} destroyer | Ship displacement=1,710 tons (standard) 2,520 tons (full) | 363|ft|m|abbr=on}} o/a | 35.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 10|ft|m|abbr=on}} light,- {{convert|14.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} full
| Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,- Parsons geared steam turbines,
- {{convert|40,000|shp|lk=in|abbr=on}}, 2 shafts
| 37|kn|km/h}} | 1400|nmi|km}} at {{convert|32|kn|km/h}} | Ship endurance= | Ship complement=186 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | 4.5|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} L/45 guns Mark IV on mounts CP Mk.V- 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns on twin mount "Hazemeyer" Mk.IV, or;
- 4 × anti-aircraft mountings;
- Bofors 40 mm, single mount Mk.III
- QF 2-pdr Mk VIII, single mount Mk.XVI
- Oerlikon 20 mm, single mount P Mk.III
- Oerlikon 20 mm, twin mount Mk.V
- 2 × pentuple tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX
- 4 throwers and 2 racks for 96 depth charges
- 6 × Squid anti-submarine mortars
| Ship armour= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | HMS Cavendish was a {{sclass2-|C|destroyer (1943)|0}} destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered in February 1942 from John Brown of Clydebank.[1] She was originally to be named Sibyl but this was changed to Cavendish before launch to fit her revised class name. She was launched on 12 April 1944. Wartime serviceOn commissioning Cavendish joined the Home Fleet and served in the North Atlantic and off Norway. In 1945 she deployed to the Indian Ocean, returning to the UK in 1946.[1] Post war serviceFollowing the war Cavendish paid off into reserve. She was selected for modernisation and the work was completed in 1955.[2] She emerged from modernisation in 1955 for service with the 6th Destroyer Squadron as part of the Home Fleet, including service in the Mediterranean. In 1960 she was deployed for service with the Far Eastern Fleet at Singapore. In 1964 she returned to Portsmouth and was laid up.[3] Decommissioning and disposalShe was paid off in 1965 and subsequently sold to BISCO for demolition by Hughes Bolcow at Blyth. She arrived at the breaker's yard for scrapping on 14 August 1967.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-66Ca-HMS_Cavendish.htm |title=HMS Cavendish (R 15) - Ca-class Flotilla Leader including Convoy Escort Movements |publisher=naval-history.net |date=2004 |last=Mason |first=Geoffrey B. |editor=Gordon Smith |accessdate=22 May 2015}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Warlow |first=Ben |title=Channel Sweep |publisher=Maritime Books |date=1990 |location=Liskeard |pages=34 |isbn=0-907771-40-8}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Critchley |first=Mike |title=British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers |publisher=Maritime Books |location=Liskeard, UK |date=1982 | isbn=0-95063-239-2|pages=92}}
Publications- {{colledge}}
- {{cite book|last=Marriott |first=Leo |title=Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945 |publisher=Ian Allan Ltd |date=1989 |isbn=0-7110-1817-0}}
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