HMS Achates

HMS Achates was an A-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s. Completed in 1930, she initially served with the Mediterranean Fleet. She was sunk on 31 December 1942 during the Battle of the Barents Sea.

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1930  Wikimedia, Wikidata
H12
length 98.5 metre, beam 9.8 metre, length 98.4 metre, draft 3.7 metre, speed 35.25 knot, 
shipwreck, A-class destroyer, destroyer, John Brown & Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

• Dreadnought Project page^@
• naval-history.net page^@
• uboat.net page^@
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Location: 73.3, 30.1, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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1930 HMS Achates

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ship launching

1928-09-11T00:00:00Z

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keel laying

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ship commissioning

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

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World War II Q362

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Frameless

Survivors from the destroyer HMS Achates (6105339157)

Achates NH

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1930	HMS Achates	shipwreck, destroyer, A-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1939	HMS Bramble	minesweeper, Halcyon-class minesweeper, shipwreck	Wikidata
commons	image		Survivors from the destroyer HMS Achates (6105339157)		Commons
commons	image		Achates NH		Commons