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In Greek mythology Achates was a companion of Aeneas in his wanderings subsequent to his flight from Troy. He typified a faithful friend and companion.
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HMS Achates was a British Achates Class destroyer of 1350 tons displacement built under the 1927 War Programme which saw action during the Second World War before being sunk by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper in the Barents Sea while escorting convoy JW.51B in 1942. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers with super heaters providing a top speed of 35 knots and carried a complement of 138.
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HMS Active was a British Achates Class destroyer of 1350 tons displacement built under the 1927 War Programme which saw action during the Second World War, taking part in Operation Catapult in 1940 and sinking the German submarine U-179 with depth charges off South Africa in 1943 before being sold and broken up at Dalmuir in 1947. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers with super heaters providing a top speed of 35 knots and carried a complement of 138.
HMS Antelope was a British Achates Class destroyer of 1360 tons displacement built under the 1928 War Programme which saw action during the Second World War, and in February 1940 sank the German submarine U41 in the South West Approaches, the first to be sunk underwater by a single destroyer; on the 31st of October 1940 she sank the German submarine U-31 off north-west Ireland. In 1941 she took part in Operation Gauntlet; in 1946 she was sold and broken up. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers with super heaters providing a top speed of 35 knots and carried a complement of 138.
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HMS Anthony was a British Achates Class destroyer of 1360 tons displacement built under the 1928 War Programme which saw action during the Second World War, assisting in the Dunkirk evacuation during April and May 1940, bringing 3000 troops back to Britain during which she was damaged by a bomb near miss on the 28th of May and was repaired at Portsmouth. She took part in Operation Gauntlet in August 1941, and Operation Husky in 1943. She was sold in 1947 and broken up in 1948. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers with super heaters providing a top speed of 35 knots and carried a complement of 138.
HMS Arrow was a British Achates Class destroyer of 1360 tons displacement built under the 1928 War Programme which saw action during the Second World War until she was damaged and suffered heavy casualties when the ammunition ship Fort La Montee alongside her in Algiers harbour exploded in 1943. Although attempts were made initially to carry out repairs it was decided that she was beyond saving and her hull was stripped. She was finally broken up in 1949. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers with super heaters providing a top speed of 35 knots and carried a complement of 138.
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