HMS Constance (R71)

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Name HMS Constance Laid down 11 March 1943 Construction started 11 March 1943 Draft 3.58 m		Ordered 12 September 1942 Commissioned 6 June 1945 Launched 22 June 1944 Builder Vickers-Armstrongs
Identification Pennant number R71, later changed to D71 Motto Desirmais "Thereafter"

HMS Constance was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 22 June 1944.

After the war she was allocated to the 8th Destroyer squadron for service in the Far East. This included deployments as part of United Nations operations, as part of the Korean War. She returned from the Far East and was listed for disposal in 1955. She was sold to Thos W Ward for scrapping at Inverkeithing, arriving there on 8 March 1956.

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 Constance (R71) Wikipedia

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