HMS Arrow (H42)

	Arrow in May 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	Arrow
Ordered	6 March 1928
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	20 August 1928
Launched	22 August 1929
Commissioned	14 April 1930
Motto	Celeriter Qerus : 'Swiftly sure'
Fate	Damaged on 4 August 1943 and written off as a constructive total loss
Badge	On a Field Green two arrows Gold, feathered Red.
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	A-class destroyer
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,370 t) (standard); 1,773 long tons (1,801 t) (deep load);
Length	323 ft (98 m) (o/a)
Beam	32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
Draught	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
Installed power	34,000 shp (25,000 kW); 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	134; 140 (1940)
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 2 × single 2-pdr (40 mm) AA guns; 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 6 × depth charges, 3 chutes;

HMS Arrow was an A-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War before being damaged while fighting a fire on an ammunition ship and written off in 1943.

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