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HMS Beagle (H30)
HMS ''Beagle'' was a built for the Royal Navy (RN) around 1930. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was transferred to the Home Fleet in 1936. During World War II, the ship spent the bulk of the war on escort duty, participating in the Norwegian Campaign, the Battle of the Atlantic, Operation Torch, the Russian Convoys, and in the Normandy landings before accepting the surrender of the German garrison of the Channel Islands the day after the formal German surrender on 9 May together with another ship. One exception to this pattern was when she helped to evacuate British soldiers and civilians during the Battle of France in 1940. During the war, ''Beagle'' assisted in sinking one German submarine and claimed to have shot down two German aircraft. Redundant after the war, she was broken up for scrap in 1946.
==Description==
''Beagle'' displaced at standard load and at deep load. The ship had an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of .〔 She was powered by Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines,〔 driving two shafts, which developed a total of and gave a maximum speed of . Steam for the turbines was provided by three Admiralty 3-drum boilers. ''Beagle'' carried a maximum of of fuel oil that gave her a range of at .〔Whitley, p. 99〕 The ship's complement was 134 officers and enlisted men, although it increased to 142 during wartime.〔Friedman, p. 298〕
The ship mounted four 45-calibre quick-firing (QF) 4.7-inch Mk IX guns in single mounts, designated 'A', 'B', 'X', and 'Y' from front to rear. For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, ''Beagle'' had two QF 2-pounder Mk II AA guns mounted on a platform between her funnels. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple torpedo tube mounts for torpedoes.〔 One depth charge rail and two throwers were fitted; 20 depth charges were originally carried, but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began.〔English, p. 141〕 The ship was fitted with a Type 119 ASDIC set to detect submarines by reflections from sound waves beamed into the water.〔Friedman, p. 205〕
By October 1940, the ship's anti-aircraft armament was increased when the rear set of torpedo tubes was replaced by a AA gun〔Friedman, p. 241〕 and 'Y' gun was removed to compensate for the additional depth charges added. Around December 1941, the ship was converted to an escort destroyer with the replacement of her 'A' gun by a Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot mortar and additional depth charge stowage replaced the 12-pounder high-angle gun. The 2-pounder mounts were replaced by autocannon and two additional Oerlikon guns were also added in the forward superstructure.〔Whitley, p. 100〕〔Lenton, p. 153〕〔English, p. 33〕 Sometime before June 1944, 'A' gun was reinstalled and the Hedgehog was replaced by a split system, with launchers on each side of the gun. To combat German E-boats, a QF 6-pounder gun was mounted at the very tip of the bow.〔Friedman, p. 252〕
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