| Name: | ARMADA |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 29/12/1942 |
| Launched: | 09/12/1943 |
| Completed: | 02/07/1945 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 658 |
| Dimensions: | 2325disp - 3300disp, 355.0 x 40.25 x 10.75(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 50000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 35.75knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.5ins DP, 1 x 4.0ins, 4 x 2 x 40mm AA, 4 x 1 x 20mm AA guns; |
| 2 x 5 x 21.0ins torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 02/07/1945 | British Royal Navy |
| 18/12/1965 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Battle Class (Group I) |
| Delay in construction caused by late delivery of the fire control tower & systems | |
| 18/12/1965: Arrived at Inverkeithing for breaking up by TW Ward |
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