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Last update:
06/27/2010
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HMS Lance |
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Scale 1:200 |
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Author: Adrian Kacz |
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File Size: 55.9 Mb |
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HMS Lance
L-class Fleet destroyer
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Full
set of construction photos is available
here (12.7 Mb) |
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Model # 057 |
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Price $12.00 |
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Technical data: |
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Launched |
November 28, 1940 - completed May
13, 1941 |
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Displacement |
1,920 tons
standard
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Length |
362.5 ft |
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Beam |
36.7 ft |
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Machinery |
Two sets of Parsons geared turbines; 48,000 hp = 36 knots |
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Armament |
Main
- 4 x 2 4 inch |
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AAA - 4
x 4 40mm, 2 x 4 12.7mm |
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Torpedoes - 8 (2 x 4) 21inch tubes |
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Complement |
221 officers and
enlisted |
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Most of
her short, but very eventful carrier, HMS Lance spent as
part of Force K, which was tasked with intercepting enemy supply convoys
on passage to North Africa. On 9 November the taskforce engaged a convoy
which consisted of seven ships escorted by the Italian destroyers
Fulmine, Euro, Maestrale,
Libeccio, Oriano and Gregale, covered
by the cruisers Trento and Trieste. In the
ensuing battle, that would become known as the Battle of the Duisburg
Convoy, all of the merchant vessels and the Fulmine were
sunk. On 23 November Lance left Malta with the rest of Force K,
after reports of a convoy on passage from Taranto to Benghazi. On 24
November they sighted the German supply ships Maritza and
Procidas with an escort of two Italian torpedo boats. Both
merchants were set on fire and sunk. After a brief period docked in Malta,
Lance returned to convoy escort duties. On 17 December she
became involved in the First Battle of Sirte. On 19 December she assisted
in rescue operations after several ships of Force K ran into a newly laid
Italian minefield. With HMS Havock she escorted HMS
Exeter back to Malta.
In March Lance was docked for repairs which were expected
to last until April. On 5 April she was hit by bomb dropped during an air
raid on the docks. She sustained serious damage, including being knocked
off the blocks and being partially submerged. On 9 April she suffered
further bomb damage and work was suspended. Her wreck was subsequently
salvaged and towed to Chatham Dockyard for a full survey to establish the
extent of repair that would be required to return her to service. She was
found to be beyond economical repair and was declared a Constructive Total
Loss. HMS Lance was placed on the Disposal List in 1944 and
was sold for demolition by TW Ward. She was towed to the breaker’s yard at
Grays, Essex, where she arrived in June that year. |
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Model built and photographed by Adrian Kacz, used with
permission.
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