HMS Kandahar

	HMS Kandahar with the captured Italian submarine Galileo Galilei, Gulf of Aden, June 1940
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Kandahar
Ordered	March 1935
Builder	William Denny & Brothers
Laid down	18 January 1938
Launched	21 March 1939
Commissioned	10 October 1939
Identification	Pennant number F28
Honours and; awards	Greece 1941 – Crete 1941 – Libya 1941 – Mediterranean 1941 – Malta Convoys 1941
Fate	Mined, 19 December 1941; Scuttled by HMS Jaguar 20 December 1941;
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	K-class destroyer
Displacement	1,690 long tons (1,720 t) (standard); 2,330 long tons (2,370 t) (deep load);
Length	356 ft 6 in (108.66 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 9 in (10.90 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep)
Installed power	44,000 shp (33,000 kW); 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers;
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	183 (218 for flotilla leaders)
Sensors and ; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns; 1 × quadruple QF 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns; 2 × quadruple QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III anti-aircraft machineguns; 2 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers;

HMS Kandahar (F28) was a K-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s, named after the Afghan city of Kandahar.

History
HMS Kandahar with the captured Italian submarine Galileo Galilei, Gulf of Aden, June 1940
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Kandahar
Ordered	March 1935
Builder	William Denny & Brothers
Laid down	18 January 1938
Launched	21 March 1939
Commissioned	10 October 1939
Identification	Pennant number F28
Honours and awards	Greece 1941 – Crete 1941 – Libya 1941 – Mediterranean 1941 – Malta Convoys 1941
Fate	Mined, 19 December 1941 Scuttled by HMS Jaguar 20 December 1941
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	K-class destroyer
Displacement	1,690 long tons (1,720 t) (standard) 2,330 long tons (2,370 t) (deep load)
Length	356 ft 6 in (108.66 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 9 in (10.90 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep)
Installed power	44,000 shp (33,000 kW) 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
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	183 (218 for flotilla leaders)
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns 1 × quadruple QF 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns 2 × quadruple QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III anti-aircraft machineguns 2 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers