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HMS Kempenfelt (R03)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Kempenfelt and HMS Valentine.
HMS Kempenfelt was a W-class destroyer flotilla leader of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War. She was the second destroyer of her name to have served in the war; the first Kempenfelt was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in October 1939 and renamed HMCS Assiniboine.
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Name | HMS Kempenfelt |
Namesake | Richard Kempenfelt |
Ordered | December 1941 |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
Laid down | 24 June 1942 |
Launched | 8 May 1943 |
Commissioned | 25 October 1943 |
Out of service | Sold to Yugoslavia in October 1956 |
Motto | Fideliter: Faithfully |
Honours and awards | |
Notes | Pennant number: R03 later changed to D103 |
Badge | On a field Black a Swan proper between two wings Green over wavelets Silver and Blue. |
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Name | Kotor |
Namesake | City of Kotor |
Acquired | October 1956 |
Identification | R-21 |
Fate | Decommissioned in 1971 and sold for scrapping |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | W-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a |
Beam | 35.75 ft (10.90 m) |
Draught | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) / 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) full |
Range | 4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 225 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | None |
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