HMS Gurkha (F20)

	Gurkha in 1938
History
United Kingdom
Name	Gurkha
Namesake	Gurkha
Ordered	10 March 1936
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan
Cost	£340,997
Laid down	6 July 1936
Launched	7 July 1937
Completed	21 October 1938
Fate	Sunk by aircraft, 9 April 1940
Badge	On a Field Blue, two crossed Kukri proper
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	1,891 long tons (1,921 t) (standard); 2,519 long tons (2,559 t) (deep load);
Length	377 ft (114.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draught	11 ft 3 in (3.43 m)
Installed power	3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 44,000 shp (33,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	190
Sensors and ; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 1 × quadruple 2-pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns; 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machineguns; 1 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers;

HMS Gurkha was a Tribal-class destroyer that saw active service in the Norway Campaign in 1940, where she was sunk.

History
Gurkha in 1938
United Kingdom
Name	Gurkha
Namesake	Gurkha
Ordered	10 March 1936
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan
Cost	£340,997
Laid down	6 July 1936
Launched	7 July 1937
Completed	21 October 1938
Fate	Sunk by aircraft, 9 April 1940
Badge	On a Field Blue, two crossed Kukri proper
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	1,891 long tons (1,921 t) (standard) 2,519 long tons (2,559 t) (deep load)
Length	377 ft (114.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draught	11 ft 3 in (3.43 m)
Installed power	3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	190
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 1 × quadruple 2-pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machineguns 1 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers