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.

Field:-	Blue
Badge:-	The laureated head of Cassandra affronty with two snakes entwined about her neck and pointed about her ears all proper.

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.