HMS Hyperion (H97)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hyperion
Builder	Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear
Laid down	27 March 1935
Launched	8 April 1936
Completed	3 December 1936
Identification	Pennant number: H97
Fate	Mined 22 December 1940
General characteristics as built
Class and type	H-class destroyer
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,370 t) (standard); 1,883 long tons (1,913 t) (deep load);
Length	323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	12 ft 5 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	34,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, Parsons geared steam turbines; 3 Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers;
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,530 nmi (10,240 km; 6,360 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	137 (peacetime), 146 (wartime)
Sensors and ; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × 1 - QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns; 2 × 4 - .50 cal machine guns ; 2 × 4 - 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers;
Notes	Pennant number H97

HMS Hyperion was an H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, the ship enforced the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides as part of the Mediterranean Fleet. During the first few months of World War II, Hyperion searched for German commerce raiders in the Atlantic Ocean and blockaded German merchant ships in neutral harbours until she returned to the British Isles in early 1940. The ship participated in the Norwegian Campaign before she was transferred back to the Mediterranean Fleet shortly afterwards. Hyperion participated in the Battle of Calabria and the Battle of Cape Spada in July 1940 while escorting the larger ships of the fleet. The ship covered several convoys to Malta before she struck a mine and was deliberately scuttled in December 1940.

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