HMS Consort (R76)

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Name HMS Consort Laid down 26 May 1943 Identification Pennant number R76 Launched 19 October 1944		Ordered 14 August 1942 Commissioned 19 March 1946 Construction started 26 May 1943 Draft 3.58 m

Fate Arrived for scrapping at Swansea on 15 March 1961 Builder Alexander Stephen and Sons

HMS Consort was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 October 1944 and commissioned on 19 March 1946.

Whilst berthed at Nanking, Consort suffered 49 casualties in 1949 after being attacked by the Chinese. She suffered further loss during the Yangtze Incident in an attempt to tow the sloop Amethyst from a mudbank, taking 56 direct hits, and causing casualties of 23 wounded and a further ten dead.

Following decommissioning she was sold to the Prince of Wales Drydock Co, Swansea, Wales, arriving there on the 15 March 1961 for scrapping.

Publications

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

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HMS Consort (R76) Wikipedia

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