HMS Electra

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	E
War	Second World War
Main guns	4 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns

Rescued the three survivors of Hood in 1941, and survivors of Repulse off Kuantan. Sunk at the Java Sea charging the Japanese destroyers alone.

British destroyer HMS Electra underway, at sea. Members of the crew are on parade on deck. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer Post-Work: User:W.wolny, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns
2 × quadruple 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns
2 × quadruple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
20 × depth charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers

Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn
Laid down	15 March 1933
Launched	15 February 1934
Commissioned	13 September 1934
Displacement	1,405 long tons (1,428 t) (standard) 1,940 long tons (1,970 t) (deep load)
Length	329 ft (100.3 m) o/a
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Complement	145

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

15 February 1934

Sinking of Athenia

Survived

3 September 1939

Picked up survivors

Battle of the Denmark Strait

Survived

24 May 1941

Picked up Hood's three survivors

Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse

Survived

10 December 1941

Rescued survivors of Repulse

Battle of the Java Sea

Sunk

27 February 1942