HMS Kingfisher (L70)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Kingfisher
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down	1 June 1934
Launched	14 February 1935
Commissioned	18 June 1935
Fate	Sold, 21 April 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Kingfisher-class sloop
Displacement	510 long tons (518 t) standard 680 long tons (691 t) full load
Length	234 ft (71 m) p/p 243 ft 3 in (74.14 m) o/a
Beam	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught	6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers Parsons geared steam turbines 3,600 shp (2,685 kW) 2 shafts 160 tons oil
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	60
Armament	As designed 1 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark V gun, 40 Depth charges

HMS Kingfisher (L70) (later K70) was a Royal Navy patrol vessel and the lead ship of the Kingfisher-class sloops, laid down in 1934 and commissioned in 1935. She took part in the Dunkirk evacuation, and spent much of the Second World War as an experimental trials ship. She was sold for scrap in 1947.