HMS Electra (H27)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Electra.
HMS Electra was a one of nine E-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. Sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea, Electra was a witness to many naval battles, including the Battle of the Denmark Strait and the sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse. The ship's wreck was discovered in 2003 and had been badly damaged by illegal salvagers by 2016.
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HMS Electra before the war wearing the single white stripe of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla | |
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Name | HMS Electra |
Ordered | 1 November 1932 |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn |
Cost | £253,350 |
Laid down | 15 March 1933 |
Launched | 15 February 1934 |
Commissioned | 13 September 1934 |
Stricken | 1 January 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: H27 |
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Honours and awards | Atlantic 1939–40; Norway 1940; BISMARCK Action 1941; Arctic 1941; Java Sea 1942 |
Fate | Sunk, Battle of the Java Sea, 27 February 1942 |
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Class and type | E-class destroyer |
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Length | 329 ft (100.3 m) o/a |
Beam | 33 ft 3 in (10.13 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep) |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines |
Speed | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph) |
Range | 6,350 nmi (11,760 km; 7,310 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 145 |
Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC |
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