HMS Obdurate

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O-class destroyer Royal Navy warship

HMS Obdurate was a British Royal Navy O-class destroyer that served with distinction as an escort vessel on Arctic convoys and in key naval engagements during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf O-class destroyer ⓘ
Royal Navy warship ⓘ
armament 1 × 4-inch AA gun ⓘ
4 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns ⓘ
4 × 2‑pdr AA guns ⓘ
4 × 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns ⓘ
8 × 21‑inch torpedo tubes ⓘ
depth charges ⓘ
battleHonour Arctic 1942–1945 ⓘ
Barents Sea 1942 ⓘ
North Sea 1942 ⓘ
beam 35 ft 8 in ⓘ
builder Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissioned 1942-01-03 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crewComplement about 176 ⓘ
damagedBy German submarine U-956 NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfDamage 1944-01-25 ⓘ
decommissioned 1950s ⓘ
displacementFullLoad 2250 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard 1540 tons ⓘ
draught 9 ft ⓘ
engagedWith German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper NERFINISHED ⓘ
German pocket battleship Lützow NERFINISHED ⓘ
fate scrapped ⓘ
laidDown 1940-05-22 ⓘ
launched 1941-02-19 ⓘ
lengthOverall 345 ft ⓘ
locationOfDamage Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
maximumSpeed 37 knots ⓘ
namedAfter the quality of obduracy (stubbornness) ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
participatedIn Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Barents Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
convoy JW 51B NERFINISHED ⓘ
pennantNumber G39 ⓘ
powerOutput 40000 shp ⓘ
propulsion 2 shafts ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
role convoy escort ⓘ
destroyer ⓘ
scrappedAt Inverkeithing NERFINISHED ⓘ
scrappedDate 1964-02 ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
shipClass O-class destroyer ⓘ
shipyard Wallsend-on-Tyne NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Home Fleet operations NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Battle of the Barents Sea → shipInvolved → HMS Obdurate ⓘ