HMS Intrepid (D10)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Built By: | J. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Laid down: | 13 January 1936 |
| Launched: | 17 December 1936 |
| Commissioned: | 29 July 1937 |
| Fate: | Sunk 27 September 1943 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,340 tons (except Inglefield 1456 tons) (standard) 1,980 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 323 ft (98 m) (except Inglefield 337 ft) |
| Beam: | 33 ft |
| Draught: | 12 ft 5 inch (13 ft 4 inch full load) |
| Propulsion: | Parsons geared turbines, 2 shafts, 3 boilers, 34,000 hp (30 MW) |
| Speed: | 36 knots (70 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 145 |
| Armament: | four (Inglefield 5) 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns eight 0.5 inch (13 mm) AA machine guns 10 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, (2 x5) (8 torpedo tubes in ex "Turkish" ships) 45 depth charges. |
| Armour: | |
| Aircraft: | none |
| Source: | Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946 |
HMS Intrepid (D10) was an I-class destroyer that served with Royal Navy during World War II.
In World War II, Intrepid attacked and sank the German submarine U-45 south-west of Ireland on 14 October 1939 in company with the destroyers Ivanhoe and Inglefield. She participated in the pursuit and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941, and in Operation Pedestal, the escorting of a convoy to Malta in August 1942.
Intrepid was attacked by German Ju 88 aircraft and sank off Leros Island in the Aegean Sea on 27 September 1943.
See HMS Intrepid for other ships of this name.
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