| Name: | HAMBLEDON |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 08/06/1939 |
| Launched: | 12/12/1939 |
| Completed: | 08/06/1940 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1571 |
| Dimensions: | 1000disp - 1340disp, 264.3 x 29.0 x 10.8(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR Geared, 19000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 27.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr QF guns; depth charges |
| History: | |
| 08/06/1940 | British Royal Navy |
| 04/02/1958 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Hunt Class (Type I) of destroyers |
| 2pdr bowchaser added for dealing with MTBs | |
| 02/08/1957: Sold for breaking up to Clayton & Davie | |
| 04/02/1958: Arrived at Dunston for breaking up |
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