H.M.S. Abercrombie
F.109
1945
(Optatus WDS-K-15aT)
- Class: Abercrombie - 1 monitor of 1941
- Displacement: 8,536 tons / 9,717 tons full load
- Dimensions: 354 (pp) 373.25 (oa) x 52 (89.75 across bulges) x 14.5 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, SHP 4,800 = 12 knots
- Armor: belt 4-6in, decks 2-3in, turret 11-13in, CT 2-3in
- Armament: 2-15in (1x2), 8-4in AA (4x2), 16-2pdr AA (1x8+2x4), 16-20mm (6x2+4x1) AA guns
- Complement: 460
- Builder: Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Laid Down: 26 Apr 1941
- Launched: 31 Mar 1942
- Commissioned: 22 Apr 1943
- Notes: Armed with a 15-inch gun turret originally built as a spare for HMS Furious. Provided fire support at Gela during the invasion of Sicily. Damaged by a contact mine during the invasion of Italy at Salerno. Repaired at Taranto, she was on an exercise off Malta on 21 Aug 1944 when she struck two mines, requiring repairs lasting until Jul 1945. En route to Indian Ocean for planned liberation of Singapore when the Japanese surrendered on 15 Aug; returned to Sheerness 2 Nov 1945. Subsequently used for gunnery training and as an accommodation ship until scrapped in 1954.
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