HMS Express

Survived

Type	Destroyer
War	Second World War
Main guns	4 × 4.7″ guns

Came alongside the sinking Prince of Wales to take off most of her crew.

Aerial photograph of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Express under way. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Gatineau in 1943. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer Post-Work: User:W.wolny, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
2 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
20 × depth charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers
60 mines

Builder	Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear
Launched	29 May 1934
Commissioned	2 November 1934
Displacement	1,405 long tons (1,428 t) (standard)
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

29 May 1934

Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse

Survived

10 December 1941

Took off survivors of Prince of Wales

Fate

Survived

Scuttled as a breakwater, 1948