HMS Kenya

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Kenya underway
History
United Kingdom
Name	Kenya
Namesake	Kenya
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow, Scotland
Laid down	18 June 1938
Launched	18 August 1939
Commissioned	27 September 1940
Out of service	In reserve September 1958
Identification	Pennant number: 14
Fate	Scrapped, 29 October 1962
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Fiji-class light cruiser
Displacement	8,580 long tons (8,720 t) (standard)
Length	555 ft 6 in (169.3 m)
Beam	62 ft (18.9 m)
Draught	19 ft 10 in (6 m)
Installed power	4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 80,000 shp (60,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbine sets
Speed	32.25 knots (59.73 km/h; 37.11 mph)
Range	6,250 nmi (11,580 km; 7,190 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	733 (peacetime), 900 (wartime)
Armament	4 × triple 6 in (152 mm) guns 4 × twin 4 in (102 mm) DP guns 2 × quadruple 2-pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns 2 × quadruple Vickers 0.5 in (12.7 mm) AA machine guns 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Engine and boiler rooms: 3.25 in (83 mm) Decks: 2–3.5 in (51–89 mm) Magazines: 2–3.5 in (51–89 mm) Gun turrets: 1–2 in (25–51 mm)
Aircraft carried	2 × seaplanes
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult, 2 × hangars

HMS Kenya was a Fiji-class cruiser of the Royal Navy. The ship was named after Kenya, a British possession at the time of the ship's construction.