HMS Kingfisher (L70)
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| Name: | HMS 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 |
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| Class and type: | Kingfisher-class sloop |
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| Beam: | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draught: | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
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| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 60 |
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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.
HMS Kingfisher was ordered by the British Admiralty on 15 December 1933, as the lead ship of a new class of Coastal Sloops. The Kingfishers were intended as coastal escorts, suitable for replacing the old ships used for fishery protection and anti-submarine warfare training in peacetime, while being suitable for mass production. in wartime.Kingfisher was 234 feet 0 inches (71.32 m) long between perpendiculars and 243 feet 2 inches (74.12 m) overall, with a Beam of 26 feet 6 inches (8.08 m) and a draught of 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m).Displacement was 510 long tons (518 t) standard and 740 long tons (752 t) full load. Two Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers fed Parsons geared steam turbines rated at 3,600 shaft horsepower (2,700 kW), giving a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). Main gun armament was a single QF 4 inch (102 mm) Mk V gun on a low angle mount. This was considered adequate for dealing with a surfaced submarine. Eight Lewis guns comprised the ship's anti-aircraft armament. Anti-submarine armament was relatively heavy for the time, with a load of 40 depth charges, launched by two depth charge throwers and two depth charge chutes, with Type 124 Sonar fitted in a retracting dome. The ship had a crew of 60 officers and men.
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