HMS Impulsive

Impulsive
History
United Kingdom
Name	Impulsive
Builder	J. Samuel White and Company, Cowes
Laid down	March 1936
Launched	1 March 1937
Commissioned	29 January 1938
Identification	Pennant number: D11
Fate	Scrapped, 1946
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	I-class destroyer
Displacement	1,370 long tons (1,390 t) (standard) 1,888 long tons (1,918 t) (deep load)
Length	323 ft (98.5 m)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 34,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 2 × quadruple 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns 2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1 × rack and 2 throwers for 16 depth charges 60 mines
Service record
Commanders:	Lt. Cmdr. William Scott Thomas
Victories:	Sank U-457 (1942)

HMS Impulsive was an I-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. She saw service in World War II before being scrapped in 1946. She has been the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.