"K" class Destroyers
 
Name Pennant Builder Launched Fate
Kelly * F01 Hawthorne Leslie 25 Oct. 38 Bombed May 1941
Kandahar F28 Denny 21 March 39 Mined off Tripoli Dec. 1941
Kashmir ( ex-Javelin ) F37 Thornycroft 4 April 39 Bombed, May 1941
Kelvin F37 Fairfield 19 Jan 39 Scrapped Troon, June 1949
Khartoum F45 Swan Hunter 6 Feb. 39 Internal Explosion, June 1940
Kimberley F50 Thornycroft 1 June 39 Scrapped Troon March 1949
Kingston F64 White 9 Jan. 39 Bombed April 1942, Scrapped
Kipling F91 Yarrow 19 Jan. 39 Bombed by German planes May 1942

* - Flotilla Leader

There was no change in design from the "J" to "K" class. Note expansive sweeping set on quarterdeck and the oddly trained 4.7" gun in "X" mount. © Andrew Arthur.

Nothing more than repeats of the "J" class. Kelvin and Kimberley later had lattice masts.

Pictures of "K" class Destroyers
Kingston. Note sheer bow.
 
Dimensions
Gross Displacement 2330 tons Length 356.5'
Net Displacement 1690 tons ( Flotilla Leaders 1695 Tons ) Beam 35.75''
Load 740 tons Draft 9.0'

 

Performance & Propulsion
Machinery 2 x Admirality 3 drum boilers, 2 x Parsons Steam Turbines @ 40000 hp
Speed 36 kts

 

Complement & Armament
Complement 183 Officers & Ratings, Flotilla Leaders 218
Armament
Early
  • Gun
    • 3 x 2 x 4.7" DP
    • 1 x 1 x 4" HA AA in place of aft tubes, 1940
    • 1 x 4 x 2 pdr pom-pom AA
    • 2 x 4 x 0.5" MG AA
    • 4 x 1 x 0.303" MG AA
  • Torpedoes
    • 1 x 5 x 21" tubes
Armament
Later
  • Gun
    • 3 x 2 x 4.7" DP
    • 1 x 1 x 4" HA AA in place of aft tubes, 1940
    • 1 x 4 x 40 mm 2 pdr. "Pom-Pom"
    • 2 x 4 x 0.5" MG AA
  • Torpedoes
    • 2 x 5 x 21" tubes, only 1 set later
   
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