HMS Kashmir (F12)
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 HMS Kashmir |
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Kashmir (F12) |
| Builder: | Thornycroft, Southampton |
| Laid down: | October, 1937 |
| Launched: | 4 April 1939 |
| Commissioned: | 26 October 1939 |
| Fate: | Kashmir was bombed and sunk on 23 May 1941 by German Stuka dive bombers south of Crete in position 34°40′N 24°10′E / 34.667°N 24.167°E. |
| Status: | Sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | K-class |
| Displacement: | 1,690 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 357 ft (109 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 40000 HP |
| Speed: | 36 knots |
| Complement: | 183 men |
| Armament: | 6 4.7" guns (3x2) 4 2pdr AA (1x4) 8 .5" MG AA (2x4) 10 21" torpedo tubes (2x5) |
HMS Kashmir (F12) was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Thornycroft in Southampton in October 1937, launched on 4 April 1939 and commissioned on 26 October 1939.
In company with the destroyers HMS Kingston and HMS Icarus, Kashmir attacked the enemy German submarine U-35 in the North Sea on 29 November 1939, forcing the U-boat to scuttle.
Kashmir was bombed and sunk on 23 May 1941 by German Stuka dive bombers south of Crete in position 34°40′N 24°10′E / 34.667°N 24.167°E.
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