HMS Kashmir (F12)
Service
- as HMS Kashmir26 October 1939 — 23 May 1941575 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Kashmir
- Pennant / hull number
- F12
- Builder
- Thornycroft, Southampton
- Laid down
- October 1937
- Launched
- 4 April 1939
- Commissioned
- 26 October 1939
- Fate
- Bombed and sunk, 23 May 1941
By aircraft (1941) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,690 long tons (1,717 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,330 long tons (2,367 t)
- Length
- 108.51 m (356 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
- Complement
- 183
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Kashmir was a K-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number F12. Thornycroft, Southampton laid her keel in October 1937. Launched on 4 April 1939, she entered service on 26 October 1939.
Her class ran to 15 ships. The class followed the Soviet S-class submarine and was succeeded by the Zulu-class submarine.
She displaced 1,690 long tons standard and 2,330 long tons at full load. She measured 108.5 m (356 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 183. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
Her machinery developed 44,000 shp.
She was in commission for 575 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 23 May 1941 by aircraft, at 34°40′N 24°10′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
- Power
- 44000 shp
- 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- Armament
- 3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns
- 1 × quadruple QF 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns
- 2 × quadruple QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III anti-aircraft machineguns
- 2 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Kashmir (F12) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Ware, C J (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph A 2917 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons