The Probert Encyclopaedia of Ships

DESPATCH

HMS Despatch was a British D Class cruiser of 4850 tons displacement launched in 1919 that saw action during the Second World War. HMS Despatch was armed with six 6-inch 50 calibre guns; three 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; four 3-pounder guns; 12 smaller guns twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in four triple deck mountings. HMS Despatch was powered by six Yarrow small tube oil boilers providing a top speed of 29 knots and carried a complement of 450.
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