Home › Entities › destroyer › HMS Eclipse

HMS Eclipse

1934 E-class destroyer
Vehicle destroyer Q1494511
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

HMS Eclipse is a destroyer[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of destroyer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: shipwreck[3]
  • Operator: Royal Navy[4]
  • Manufacturer: William Denny and Brothers[5]
  • Vessel class: E-class destroyer[6]
  • Commons category: HMS Eclipse (ship, 1934)[7]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[8]
  • Participated in conflict: Battle of the Atlantic[9]
  • Yard number: 1264[10]
  • Service retirement: 1943[11]
  • Significant event: ship launching[12], keel laying[13], ship completed[14]
  • Pennant number: H08[15]
  • Described by source: uboat.net[16], naval-history.net[17]
  • Different from: HMS Eclipse[18]
  • Length: 100.28 m[19]
  • Speed: 36 knot[20]
  • Beam: 10.13 m[21]
  • Draft: 3.81 m[22]
  • Name: HMS Eclipse[23]
  • Country of registry: United Kingdom[24]

Why It Matters

HMS Eclipse has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The naval war in the Atlantic (1939-1945). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). HMS Eclipse. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hms-eclipse
MLA “HMS Eclipse.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hms-eclipse.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hms-eclipse_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{HMS Eclipse}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hms-eclipse}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): HMS Eclipse — https://4ort.xyz/entity/hms-eclipse (retrieved 2026-10-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/hms-eclipse · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → ship launching, keel laying, ship completed
    Country of registry → United Kingdom
    Conflict → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 37.01666667, 'lon': 27.18333333}
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 26412, Add qualifier to Dreadnought Project page `H.M.S._Eclipse_(1934)`"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.