USS Edwards (DD-265) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Buxton (H96) and later in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard
Laid down: 3 June 1918 Launched: 10 October 1918 Commissioned: 24 April 1919
Decommissioned: 8 October 1940 Struck: 8 January 1941
Fate: Transferred to U.K., 8 October 1940
Career (United Kingdom)
Name: HMS Buxton (H96)
Acquired: 8 October 1940 Commissioned: 8 October 1940
Fate: Transferred to Canada, October 1943
Career (Canada)
Name: HMS Buxton (H96) Acquired: October 1943
Fate: Scrapped, 1945
General characteristics
Class and type: Clemson-class destroyer Displacement: 1,215 tons
Length: 314 ft 4 in (95.8 m) Beam: 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m) Draft: 9 ft 3 in (2.8 m)
Propulsion 26,500 shp (20 MW); geared turbines, 2 screws Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Range: 4,900 nmi (9,100 km) @ 15 kt
Complement: 120 officers and enlisted
Armament: 4 × 4 in/50 (102 mm) guns, 1 × 3 in/23 (76 mm) gun, 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes.
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