British destroyer Terpsichore anchored in port, 1944.
The British destroyer Terpsichore (HMS Terpsichore, R33) had hull numbers R33 and D48 and belonged to T-class destroyers.
The destroyer Terpsichore was under construction in Scotland. Construction began on November 25, 1941, launched on July 17, 1943, and commissioned into the British Navy on January 20, 1944.
The main characteristics of the Terpsichore destroyer: displacement – 1710 tons (standard), 2505 tons (full). Length – 111 m, width – 11 m, draft 4.3 m. Power plant – 2 boilers, 2 Parsons turbines, power – 40 thousand hp. The maximum speed is 37 knots. Crew – 225 people.
Terpsichore destroyer, armament: four 120-mm cannons (4.7 inch QF Mark IX) in four turrets (two for the bow, two for the stern), two twin mounts of 40-mm automatic anti-aircraft guns “Bofors”, eight torpedo tubes, depth charges.