D10

Length:

363'

Beam:

35' 9"

Draught:

11' 4" Forward
14' Aft

Displacement:

1710 Tons

Armament:

4 x 4.5” Dual Purpose
4 x 40mm
4 x 20mm

Torpedo Tubes:

8 x 21”

Machinery:

2 Shafts - Parsons Geared Turbines
SHP = 40000
Boilers - 2 Admiralty 3-drum type

Speed:

36.75 Knots

Complement:

186

Built by:

Yarrow (Scotstoun)

Laid down:

30/01/43

Launched:

29/11/43

Completed:

28/7/44

Battle Honours:

Arctic 1944

Crest/Badge:

Named after the prophetic daughter of king Priam of Troy.

Ship adopted by:

Surbiton, Surrey (1945)

Motto:

FURIOSIOR UNDIS (More mad than the waves)

Other ships in the class:

CAESAR, CAMBRIAN, CAPRICE, CARYSFORT, CAVALIER, CAVENDISH

All seven ships completed by February 1945, and formed the 6^th Destroyer Flotilla, initially with the Home Fleet covering the Russian Convoys.

Fate:

• July 1944: 6^th DF at Rosyth and Scapa

• 01/11/44: Escort to the liners SCYTHIA and EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA,
  carrying 11,000 Russians back to Murmansk after their release from Germany.
• 30/11/44: Left Scapa with convoy RA 62 to Russia
• 10/12/44: Return trip from Russia
• 11/12/44: Bow section blown off when torpedoed by U365 north of Varde in Norway. The frigate BAHAMAS took her in tow stern first and passed the tow over to a Russian tug, the ship made the Kola Inlet for repairs. The ship sailed to Gibraltar in July 1945 for complete repairs. The repairs took over a year to complete. The ship then went into reserve in 1946.
• 1959: Completed modernisation along with CAESAR.
• April 1960: Joined the 8^th Destroyer Squadron (Far East)
• July 1962: Whilst exercising with Caprice in the Far East, the First Lieutenant in Cassandra caused her to ram Caprice and consequently made a 40' split in Cassandra's bows. This meant a premature docking in Singapore with the ships company billeted in HMS TERROR. Another set of bows was constructed; this being Cassandra's third and final bow.
• February 1963-65: 30^th Escort Squadron (Mediterranean and Far East).
• January 1966: Paid Off in Portsmouth.
• 28/04/67: Scrapped at Ward’s Yard at Inverkeithing

Note:

• The ship’s first name was TOURMALINE but was renamed whilst building.

• "A Long Night For The Canteen Boat" (The Torpedoing and Salvage of HMS Cassandra December 11th 1944). Recollections by former crew members who survived this great ordeal.