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HMS Brilliant (H84)
HMS ''Brilliant'' 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. The ship then patrolled Spanish waters enforcing the arms blockade during the first year of the Spanish Civil War of 1936–39. She spent most of World War II on convoy escort duties in the English Channel, and the North Atlantic, based at Dover, Gibraltar, and Freetown, Sierra Leone. During the war, ''Brilliant'' never destroyed a submarine, but did sink a Vichy French minesweeper during Operation Torch. She also intercepted two German supply ships and rescued survivors of two troopships that had been torpedoed by submarines. The ship became a target ship at the end of the war and was scrapped in 1948.
==Description==
''Brilliant'' 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. ''Brilliant'' 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, ''Brilliant'' 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〕
During a refit in March 1941, ''Brilliant''s anti-aircraft armament was reinforced when the rear set of torpedo tubes was replaced by a AA gun and two autocannon were added. In addition, her depth charge stowage was increased to 60. 'Y' gun was removed to compensate for the additional weight and two more Oerlikons were added during a refit in April 1942. When the ship was converted into an escort destroyer beginning in January 1943, a split Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot mortar was installed on each side of 'A' gun, the 3-inch AA gun was removed and the rear torpedo tubes reinstalled, and stowage was increased to 125 depth charges.〔English, p. 40〕 By this time, the 2-pounders had been replaced by two additional Oerlikons, for a total of six.〔Friedman, p. 237〕
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