HMS Keith
- Displacement
- 1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
- Length
- 98.45 m (323 ft)
- Beam
- 9.75 m (32 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 175
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Service
- as Keith? — 1 June 1940274 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Keith
- Pennant / hull number
- D06
- Namesake
- Lord Keith
- Builder
- Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow
- Ordered
- 22 March 1929
- Laid down
- 1 October 1929
- Launched
- 10 July 1930
- Fate
- Sunk by German aircraft, 1 June 1940
By aircraft (1940) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,400 long tons (1,422 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 1,821 long tons (1,850 t)
- Length
- 98.45 m (323 ft) OA
- Beam
- 9.75 m (32 ft)
- Draught
- 3.66 m (12 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Range
- 4,800 nmi (8,890 km)
- Complement
- 175
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Keith was a B-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number D06. She was named for Lord Keith. Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow laid her keel on 1 October 1929. She was launched on 10 July 1930.
She was one of nine ships of her class. The class followed the HMS Ambuscade (D38) and HMS Amazon (D39) and was succeeded by the C and D-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,400 long tons standard and 1,821 long tons at full load. She measured 98.5 m (323 ft) long with a beam of 9.8 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 175. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
Her machinery developed 34,000 shp.
She was in commission for 274 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 1 June 1940 by aircraft, at 51°05′N 2°27′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 × Parsons geared steam turbines
- Power
- 34000 shp
- 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- Armament
- 4 × single 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns
- 2 × single QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk II AA guns
- 2 × quadruple 21 in torpedo tubes
- 20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Keith on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.