HMS Shikari (D85)

A light coloured warship with two funnels is at anchor. The letters I85 are painted on the ship's bow. A single gun is visible forward. The ship has two masts, with the forward, cruciform, mast carrying a large number of aerials, while the aft lattice mast carries a cylindrical antenna.
HMS Shikari during the Second World War
History
United Kingdom
NameShikari
BuilderWilliam Doxford & Sons, Sunderland
Laid down15 January 1918
Launched14 July 1919
CommissionedApril 1924
IdentificationPennant number: D85
FateScrapped on 4 November 1945
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmiralty S-class destroyer

HMS Shikari (D85) was an Admiralty S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland and launched on 14 July 1919. She was one of the destroyers that took part in the Invergordon Mutiny. In 1933, she was briefly commanded by Frederic John Walker, who was to rise to fame as the foremost Allied submarine hunter of World War II.

On 4 June 1940, Shikari was the last ship to leave Dunkirk.