HMS Kempenfelt (R03)

HMS Kempenfelt being towed into Newcastle after serving off the Normandy coast
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Kempenfelt
NamesakeRichard Kempenfelt
OrderedDecember 1941
BuilderJohn Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down24 June 1942
Launched8 May 1943
Commissioned25 October 1943
Out of serviceSold to Yugoslavia in October 1956
MottoFideliter: Faithfully
Honours and
awards
NotesPennant number: R03 later changed to D103
BadgeOn a field Black a Swan proper between two wings Green over wavelets Silver and Blue.
Yugoslavia
NameKotor
NamesakeCity of Kotor
AcquiredOctober 1956
IdentificationR-21
FateDecommissioned in 1971 and sold for scrapping
General characteristics
Class and typeW-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,710 tons (1,730 tonnes)
  • 2,530 tons full (2,570 tonnes)
Length362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a
Beam35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
  • Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines,
  • 40,000 shp (30 MW), 2 shafts
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) / 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) full
Range4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement225
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar Type 272 target indication
  • Radar Type 291 air warning
  • Radar Type 285 fire control on director Mk.III(W)
  • Radar Type 282 fire control on 40 mm mount Mk.IV
Armament
Aircraft carriedNone

HMS Kempenfelt was a W-class destroyer flotilla leader of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War. She was the second destroyer of her name to have served in the war; the first Kempenfelt was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in October 1939 and renamed HMCS Assiniboine.