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HMS Boadicea (H65)
HMS ''Boadicea'' 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. Before her departure, the ship evacuated civilians from Spain during the beginning of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939. ''Boadicea'' later spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. During World War II, the ship spent the bulk of the war on convoy escort duty in British waters and participated in the Battle of the Atlantic, Operation Torch, the Russian Convoys, and in the Normandy landings. Badly damaged by German dive bombers in 1940, she was sunk almost exactly four years later by aerial torpedoes.
==Description==
''Boadicea'' 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 Parsons 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. ''Boadicea'' 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, ''Boadicea'' 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.〔 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〕 The 'Y' gun was later removed to compensate for the additional depth charges added.〔Whitley, p. 100〕 When ''Boadicea'' was converted into an escort destroyer at the end of 1943, her 'A' gun was replaced by a Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot mortar and additional depth charge stowage replaced the 12-pounder high-angle gun.〔English, p. 141〕 In addition, two QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns were added to deal with surfaced submarines at close range〔Friedman, pp. 252–53〕 and the 2-pounder guns were replaced by autocannon and four additional Oerlikon guns were also added.〔
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