HMS Tynedale (L96)

	Tynedale in July 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tynedale
Ordered	11 April 1939
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons
Laid down	27 July 1939
Launched	5 June 1940
Honours and; awards	St. Nazaire 1942; English Channel 1942–43; Sicily 1943;
Fate	Sunk by U-593, 12 December 1943
Badge	On a Field Red, in front of two arrows in saltire white a hunting horn erect gold.
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,000 long tons (1,016 t) standard; 1,340 long tons (1,362 t) full load;
Length	280 ft (85 m)
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught	10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Propulsion	Two x Admiralty 3 drum boilers; Two shaft Parsons geared turbines; 19,000 shp;
Speed	27½ kn (26 knots full)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) / 1,000 nmi (2,000 km) at 26 knots (48 km/h)
Complement	146
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX; 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk. VIII AA guns on quad mount MK.VII; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk. III; 40 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack;

HMS Tynedale was a Hunt-class destroyer of the first subgroup which served during the Second World War. She was sunk by the U-593 on 12 December 1943.

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