HMS Khartoum
- Displacement
- 1,690 long tons (1,717 t)
- Length
- 108.51 m (356 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Complement
- 183
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Service
- as HMS KhartoumNovember 1939 — April 1940179 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Khartoum
- Pennant / hull number
- F45
- Builder
- Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
- Ordered
- March 1937
- Laid down
- 27 October 1937
- Launched
- 6 February 1939
- Commissioned
- November 1939
- Fate
- Partially sank in harbor of Red Sea island, Perim, after an exploding torpedo air vessel set off a fire which reached the aft magazine. 23 June 1940
By torpedo (1940) - 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 Khartoum was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number F45. Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom laid her keel on 27 October 1937. She entered service in November 1939, having been launched on 6 February 1939.
She was one of 15 ships of her class. 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 179 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 23 June 1940 by torpedo, at 12°38′N 43°24′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 Khartoum on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.