HMS Hogue (D74) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 April 1944 and completed by 24 July 1945. Built at Cammell Laird's shipyard in Birkenhead, she measured approximately 379 feet in length overall, with a beam of 40 feet 3 inches and a draught of 12 feet 9 inches at normal load. Her displacement was around 2,315 long tons standard, rising to 3,290 long tons at full load. The ship's propulsion system consisted of two Admiralty 3-drum boilers feeding Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines, producing 50,000 shp for a top speed of 34 knots. Her fuel capacity allowed an operational range of 4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots. HMS Hogue's armament was designed for versatile combat. She was equipped with two twin 4.5-inch Mark IV gun mounts capable of high-angle fire, positioned forward, and a single 4-inch gun behind the funnel for starshell illumination. Her close-in anti-aircraft defenses included eight Bofors 40 mm guns in four twin Hazemayer mounts and two power-operated 2-pounder guns on the bridge wings. For anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare, she carried two quadruple 21-inch torpedo tubes and four depth charge launchers with 60 depth charges. Named after the 1692 Battle of La Hogue, she was the third vessel to bear the name. Although assigned to the British Pacific Fleet shortly after her commissioning, she arrived too late to see combat in WWII. She served with the 19th Destroyer Flotilla until 1947, with a refit in Hong Kong in 1946. After being placed in reserve in 1947, she underwent a significant modernization in 1955, returning to active service in 1957 with the 1st Destroyer Squadron, operating in both the Home and Mediterranean Fleets. Hogue participated in various operations, including patrolling off Cyprus during tensions there, and in 1958, she was involved in the First Cod War against Iceland, during which she reportedly collided with a trawler. Notably, in 1959, during a training exercise off Ceylon, she was rammed by the Indian light cruiser INS Mysore, resulting in severe damage to her bow and causing the vessel to be deemed a "Constructive total loss." She was subsequently broken up in Singapore in 1962.

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