HMS Eclipse (H08)

	Eclipse, 1935
History
United Kingdom
Name	Eclipse
Namesake	Eclipse
Ordered	1 November 1932
Builder	William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Laid down	22 March 1933
Launched	12 April 1934
Completed	29 November 1934
Identification	Pennant number: H08
Motto	Nunquan; ("Never eclipsed");
Fate	Sunk by a mine, 24 October 1943
Badge	On a Field Blue, the Earth Black over a sun Gold.
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	E-class destroyer
Displacement	1,405 long tons (1,428 t) (standard)
Length	329 ft (100.3 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft 3 in (10.13 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep)
Installed power	3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 36,000 shp (27,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	6,350 nmi (11,760 km; 7,310 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and ; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns; 2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × depth charge rack and 2 throwers for 20 depth charges;

HMS Eclipse was an E-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in the Atlantic, Arctic, and Mediterranean theatres during World War II, until sunk by a mine in the Aegean Sea on 24 October 1943.

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