HMS Sluys (D60)
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HMS Sluys was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named in honour of the Battle of Sluys which occurred in 1340 during the Hundred Years' War, and which resulted in a decisive English victory over a French fleet. Sluys was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead. She was launched on 28 February 1945 and commissioned on 30 September 1946. In 1967, the ship was transferred to Pahlavi Iran and renamed Artemiz. In 1985, the ship was renamed again, this time Damavand.
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HMS Sluys underway on the River Mersey, 1946 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Sluys |
Namesake | Battle of Sluys |
Builder | Cammell Laird & Co, Birkenhead |
Laid down | 24 November 1943 |
Launched | 28 February 1945 |
Completed | 30 September 1946 |
Commissioned | 30 September 1946 |
Decommissioned | 1953 |
Identification | Pennant number D60 |
Fate | Sold to Pahlavi Iran 1967 |
Iran | |
Name | Artemiz |
Namesake | Artemis, Mount Damavand |
Acquired | 26 January 1967 |
Renamed | Damavand in 1985[1] |
Stricken | 1996 |
Identification | 51/D 5 |
Fate | non-operational since 1990 |
Notes | [2] |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Battle-class destroyer |
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Length |
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Beam | 45.5 feet (13.9 m) |
Draught | 17.5 feet (5.3 m) |
Propulsion | 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 2 boilers, 50,000 shp (37 MW) |
Speed | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph), 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) sustained sea |
Range | 3,000 miles (4,800 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 270 |
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Notes | [2] |
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