| Individual
Specifications |
| Name |
Pennant |
Builder |
Completed |
Fate |
| PC.74, a.k.a HMS
Chatsgrove |
K29 a.k.a X85 |
Workman Clark |
?/5/18 |
Scrapped 1948 |
During WW1, "P" class boat were fast, soastal
escorts, to relieve destroyers of this burden.
A "PC" class boat was larger, oceanworthy, and
disguised as a merchant vessel - a "Q" ship. To prevent
class homogenuity, builders were given a free hand in the design,
and the class appeared to be a motley collection of merchant
vessels - but there was a sting in the tail;
PC.74 was the RN's sole remaining ship in 1939. Armament then
consisted of a packing case on the forecastle concealing a 12pdr
AA gun, a 4" gun was hidden in a deck house aft, and Lewis
guns on dummy bridge wings, and a 2pdr AA gun was concealed in a
well on the quarterdeck.
Soon after, the 4" was replaced by a 12pdr, a 20mm and a
further pair of Lewis guns were added.
She ended her days as a target tug for HMS Manners - a
damged destroyer used as the target.
| Dimensions |
| Length |
247' |
Beam |
26.5' |
Draught |
10.25' |
| Displacement |
610 tons, 780 full |
| Performance
& Propulsion |
| Propulsion |
2 x White-Foster
water ttube boilers, 2 x Parsons geared steam turbines @
3500 shp |
Speed |
20 knots |
| Armament & Complement |
| Complement
|
99
officers & ratings |
| Armament |
| Early war |
- Gun
- 1 x
1 x 4" AA
- 1 x
1 x 12pdr AA
- 2 x 2 x 0.303" MG AA
|
| Later war |
- Gun
- 2 x
1 x 12pdr AA
- 1 x 1 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
- 1 x 1 x 20mm Oerlikon AA
- 3 x 2 x 0.303" MG AA
|