Middleton 1941

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	MIDDLETON
Type:	Destroyer
Keel:	10/04/1940
Launched:	12/05/1941
Completed:	10/01/1942
Builder:	Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Yard:	High Walker
Yard Number:	26
Dimensions:	1050disp - 1430disp, 264.3 x 31.5 x 8.3(draft)ft
Engines:	2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 19000shp
Engines by:	Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 27.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	3 x 2 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 2 x 1 x 20mm AA guns; depth charges

History:
10/01/1942	British Royal Navy
04/10/1957	Broken up

Comments:	Member of the Hunt Class (Type II) of destroyers
	04/10/1957: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd