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Kimberley

HMS Kimberley

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassK
WarSecond World War
Main guns3 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) guns

At the Second Battle of Narvik. Served in the Mediterranean, off Crete and Tobruk.

British destroyer HMS KIMBERLEY underway. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 3 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) guns
  • 1 × quadruple 2 pdr (40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
  • 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machineguns
  • 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × rack, 2 × throwers for depth charges
BuilderJohn I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston, Hampshire
Laid down17 January 1938
Launched1 June 1939
Commissioned21 December 1939
Displacement1,690 long tons (1,720 t) (standard) 2,330 long tons (2,370 t) (deep load)
Length356 ft 6 in (108.66 m) o/a
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement183 (218 for flotilla leaders)

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

Career

Launched

1 June 1939

13 April 1940

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 30 March 1949