HMS Inglefield

HMS Inglefield, with HMS Hood in the background
History
United Kingdom
Name	Inglefield
Namesake	Admiral Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield
Ordered	14 November 1935
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	29 April 1936
Launched	15 October 1936
Commissioned	25 June 1937
Identification	Pennant number: D02/I02
Motto	The sun my compass
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1939-43, North Sea 1940, Norway 1940–42, Bismarck (Action) 1941, Malta Convoys 1942, Arctic 1942–43, Sicily 1943, Salerno 1943 Mediterranean 1944, Anzio 1944
Fate	Sunk by German Hs 293 glide bomb, 25 February 1944
Badge	On a Field White, a double headed eagle displayed per pale Blue and Red (From the crest of Admiral Inglefield)
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	I-class destroyer
Displacement	1,544 long tons (1,569 t) (standard) 2,081 long tons (2,114 t) (deep load)
Length	330 ft (100.6 m) (o/a)
Beam	34 ft (10.4 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 38,000 shp (28,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	175
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	5 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 16 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers
Service record
Operations:	Battle of Greece (1941) Destruction of Bismarck (1941) Operation Shingle (1944)
Victories:	Sank U-45 (1939) and U-63 (1940)

HMS Inglefield was an I-class destroyer leader built for the Royal Navy that served during World War II. She was the navy's last purpose-built flotilla leader. She was named after the 19th century Admiral Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820–1894), and is so far the only warship to carry the name of that seafaring family. In May 1940, her pennant number was changed to I02.