HMS Imperial (D09)

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Career (UK)

Name:	HMS Imperial
Builder:	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down:	22 January 1936
Launched:	11 December 1936
Commissioned:	30 June 1937
Fate:	Sunk 29 May 1941
General characteristics
Class and type:	I class destroyer

Service record
Operations	Battle of Crete

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Imperial.

HMS Imperial (D09) was an I-class destroyer that served with the Royal Navy during World War II.

During the battle of Crete Imperial was attacked by German aircraft as she evacuated British forces from Crete. She was so severely damaged that she was declared a complete loss and sunk off the north coast of Crete on 29 May 1941 by HMS Hotspur.

v • d • e I class destroyers

Royal Navy	Icarus • Ilex • Imogen • *Imperial* • Impulsive • Inglefield • Intrepid • Isis • Ivanhoe • Inconstant • Ithuriel

Turkish Navy	Sultanhisar • Demirhisar

List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy