H.M.S. Laforey
F.99
1943
(Neptun 1160a)
- Class: L & M Classes - 16 destroyers of 1938-39
- Displacement: 1,935 tons
- Dimensions: 345.5 (pp) 362.5 (oa) x 36.75 x 10 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 48,000 = 36 knots
- Armament: 6-4.7 in. D.P. (3x2), 4-2 pdr. A.A. (1x4), 8-21 in. (2x4) T.T.
- Complement: 226
- Builder: Yarrow (Scotstoun)
- Laid Down: 1 Mar 1939
- Launched: 15 Feb 1941
- Completed: 26 Aug 1941
- Lost: 30 Mar 1944 torpedoed by German submarine U.223 northeast of Palermo
- Notes: Force "H" & Mediterranean fleet 1941-44. In company with Eclipse
sank Italian submarine Ascianghi 23 Jul 1943 off Catania.
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