HMS Kashmir (F12)

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HMS Kashmir
Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	HMS Kashmir (F12)
Builder:	Thornycroft, Southampton
Laid down:	October, 1937
Launched:	April 4, 1939
Commissioned:	October 26, 1939
Fate:	Kashmir was bombed and sunk on May 23, 1941 by German Stuka dive bombers south of Crete in position 34°40′N, 24°10′E.
Status:	Sunk
General characteristics
Class and type:	K-class
Displacement:	1690 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	357 ft (109 m)
Propulsion:	Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 40000 HP
Speed:	36 knots
Complement:	183 men
Armament:	6 4.7" guns (3x2) 4 2pdr AA (1x4) 8 .5" MG AA (2x4) 10 21" torpedo tubes (2x5)

HMS Kashmir (F12) was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Thornycroft in Southampton in October 1937, launched on April 4, 1939 and commissioned on October 26, 1939.

In company with the destroyers Kingston and Icarus, Kashmir attacked the enemy German U-boat U-35 in the North Sea on November 29, 1939, forcing the U-boat to scuttle.

Kashmir was bombed and sunk on May 23, 1941 by German Stuka dive bombers south of Crete in position 34°40′N, 24°10′E.

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