HMS Dunkirk (D09)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dunkirk.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Dunkirk
Ordered1943
BuilderAlexander Stephen and Sons
Laid down19 July 1944
Launched27 August 1945
Commissioned27 November 1946
Decommissioned1963
FateBroken up 1965
General characteristics
Class and typeBattle-class destroyer
Displacement2,480 tons standard
Length379 ft (116 m)
Beam40 ft 6 in (12.34 m)
Draught
  • 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) mean
  • 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) maximum
PropulsionOil fired, two three-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines, twin propellers, 50,000 hp (37,000 kW)
Speed35.75 knots (66.21 km/h)
Complement268
Armament
Service record
Part of:
  • 4th Destroyer Flotilla
  • 7th Destroyer Squadron

HMS Dunkirk (D09) was a later or 1943 Battle-class fleet destroyer of the British Royal Navy (RN). Though there were other ships of the Navy that had been named Dunkirk, as far back as the 1650s, it held added meaning after the evacuation from Dunkirk between late May and early June 1940, in which over 300,000 British, as well as French troops, were rescued by a ragtag fleet of ships.

Dunkirk was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons of Govan. She was launched on 27 August 1945 and commissioned on 27 November 1946.