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HMS ''Woolwich'' was a depot ship and destroyer tender built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. The ship was initially deployed to support destroyers of the Mediterranean Fleet. During World War II, she was assigned to the Home, Mediterranean and Eastern Fleets. She briefly returned home in 1946, but rejoined the Mediterranean Fleet the following year. ''Woolwich'' permanently returned to the United Kingdom in 1948 where she became a maintenance and accommodation ship. The ship was sold for scrap in 1962. ==Description== ''Woolwich'' had an overall length of , a beam of , and a draught of at deep load. She normally displaced and at (full load). Each of the ship's two sets of Parsons geared steam turbines drove one propeller shaft. Steam was supplied by four Admiralty three-drum water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at and gave ''Woolwich'' a speed of .〔Osborne, p. 27〕 The ship carried of fuel oil,〔Lenton, p. 588〕 which gave her a range of at .〔 Her crew numbered 666 officers and enlisted men.〔 She was initially armed with four quick-firing (QF) four-inch Mk V gun on single high-angle mounts amidships.〔 The gun mount had a maximum elevation of +80 degrees, and the gun could fire a projectile with a muzzle velocity of to a maximum height of or a range of . They had a rate of fire of about 15 rounds per minute.〔Campbell, p. 58〕 The guns were controlled by a High Angle Control System (HACS) fire-control director mounted above the bridge. To resupply her destroyers, the ship carried seventy-two torpedoes and 200 depth charges.〔Osborne, p. 26〕 During World War II, ''Woolwich''s anti-aircraft armament was reinforced by two QF two-pounder light anti-aircraft (AA) guns in single mounts on the forecastle. The gun fired a shell at a muzzle velocity of to a distance of . The gun's rate of fire was approximately 96–98 rounds per minute.〔Campbell, pp. 71, 74〕 Four Oerlikon 20 mm guns in single mounts were also fitted as well as two quadruple Vickers .50 machine gun mounts.〔 Several radars were added during the war. A Type 285 gunnery radar was mounted on top of the HACS director and a Type 271/73 surface search radar was installed abaft the two-pounder guns on the forecastle.〔 ''Woolwich''s main deck consisted of armour plate over the machinery spaces and her platform deck was thick over the magazines.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Woolwich (F80)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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