700-006 FLOTILLA LEADER SCOTT CLASS HMS DOUGLAS 1942 R.

HMS Douglas was a British destroyer, which was laid down in June 1917, launched in February 1918, and entered service with the Royal Navy later that year. The total length of the ship at the time of launching was 101.4 m, width 9.68 m, and her full displacement reached 2,050 tons. However, the maximum speed was around 36-37 knots. The ship's armament was primarily: 5 120 mm guns and 6 533 mm torpedo tubes. HMS Douglas was the second of eight Admiralty-class ships, sometimes called Scott, from the first of her class. Units of this type were conceived as the so-called destroyer flotilla leaders were therefore slightly larger than typical destroyers of the time, better armed, and above all had relatively large command and communication compartments and rooms. Overall, they turned out to be successful and solid ships. HMS Douglas took a limited part in World War I, and spent a large part of the 1920s and 1930s in the Mediterranean, operating, among others, from a base in Malta. During World War II, he also operated mainly in this area, being part of the Force H operating from the base in Gibraltar. At that time, it mainly performed the tasks of covering convoys heading to and from this Royal Navy naval base. However, in 1942, he also operated from his home ports, covering at least one convoy headed for the USSR. HMS Douglas was placed in reserve in February 1945 and sold for scrap in March of the same year.