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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| KIPLING |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1939 |
19/01/1939 |
22/12/1939 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval Destroyer
| Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
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1706 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 2022 disp on trial |
356 ft 6 in oa |
35 ft 8in |
20 ft 5 in |
10 ft 4 in |
| Engine builder |
, |
| Engine detail |
| 2-shaft Parsons S.R. geared turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum watertube boilers 300 lbs/sq.in., oil, 40,000 shp giving 33.5 knots on trial |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| The Admiralty, London |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
Destroyer J, K, and N Class - F91, G.91
26/10/1037 Keel laid.
Battle Honours: ATLANTIC 1939 - NORWAY 1940 - CRETE 1941 - MEDITERRANEAN 1941 - MALTA CONVOYS 1941-42 - LIBYA 1941-2 - SIRTE 1942
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| Remarks |
Standard Displacement 1690 tons on 9 ft 0 in draught.
Full Load Displacement 2330 tons on 12 ft 6 in draught.
see: http://forums.clydemaritime.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=17826
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1942 |
Air Attack 10/05/1942 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Sunk in an air attack 10/5/1942, with the loss of 25 of her crew, Eastern Mediterranean |
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Kipling 1940
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Kipling 1941-2
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Kipling 2nd Battle of Sirte 30kts
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