Sikh underway after completion
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Sikh |
Namesake | Sikh |
Ordered | 19 June 1936 |
Builder | Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse |
Laid down | 24 September 1936 |
Launched | 17 December 1937 |
Commissioned | 12 October 1938 |
Identification | Pennant numbers: L82/F82/G82 |
Motto | Sicut leonis: 'Be like the lions' |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Sunk, 14 September 1942 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Tribal-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
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 |
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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 |
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HMS Sikh was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The ship entered service in 1938 and served during the Second World War, participating in the sinking of Bismarck and the Battle of Cape Bon. In 1942, while participating in a commando raid, Sikh was sunk by a combination of shore artillery, anti-aircraft guns and aerial bombs.