&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Calpe_Malta.jpg) HMS Calpe departing Malta for the United Kingdom, 6 Nov 1945
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Calpe |
| Ordered | December 1939 |
| Builder | Swan Hunter (Wallsend) |
| Laid down | 12 June 1940 |
| Launched | 28 April 1941 |
| Commissioned | 11 December 1941 |
| Identification | Pennant number: L71 |
| Fate | Sold to the Royal Danish Navy in 1952 |
 Denmark | |
| Name | HDMS Rolf Krake |
| Acquired | 1952 |
| Commissioned | 1954 |
| Decommissioned | 1962 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F342 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type II Hunt-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 85.34 m (280.0 ft) |
| Beam | 9.62 m (31.6 ft) |
| Draught | 2.51 m (8 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines; 19,000 shp |
| Speed | 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) |
| Range | 3,600 nmi (6,670 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement | 164 |
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HMS Calpe (pennant number L71) was a British Royal Navy Type II Hunt-class destroyer escort. Built as a result of the outbreak of World War II, Calpe escorted convoys during the war and participated in the Dieppe Raid. Calpe is an old name for Gibraltar. Collaborating with USS Wainwright on 13 December 1943, she assisted in the sinking of German U-boat U-593. Calpe was loaned and then sold to the Danish Navy, remaining active until she was scrapped in Sweden in 1966.