HMS Intrepid (D10)
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Intrepid |
| Builder: | J. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Laid down: | 13 January 1936 |
| Launched: | 17 December 1936 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: D10 |
| Fate: | Sunk by air attack, 27 September 1943 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | I-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,370 long tons (1,390 t) (standard) 1,888 long tons (1,918 t) (deep load) |
| Length: | 323 ft (98.5 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 5 in (3.8 m) |
| Installed power: | 34,000 shp (25,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, Parsons geared steam turbines 3 Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range: | 5,530 nmi (10,240 km; 6,360 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 145 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | ASDIC |
| Armament: | 4 × 1 - 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 2 × 4 - 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns 2 × 5 - 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers 60 × Mines |
HMS Intrepid was an I-class destroyer that served with Royal Navy during World War II.
Service history
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 HMS Ivanhoe and HMS Inglefield. She participated in the pursuit and destruction of German battleship Bismarck in May 1941, and in Operation Pedestal, the escorting of a convoy to Malta in August 1942.
Intrepid was adopted by the town of Uxbridge in 1942 to raise funds for the ship's costs.[1]
Sinking
Intrepid was attacked by German Ju 88 aircraft and sunk in Leros harbour in the Aegean Sea on 27 September 1943. This was the second ship lost under the command of Commander Charles de Winton Kitcat during the war. Kitcat was in command of Imperial when she was lost while evacuating troops from Crete in 1941.
Notes
References
- English, John (1993). Amazon to Ivanhoe: British Standard Destroyers of the 1930s. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-64-9.
- Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-081-8.
- Haarr, Geirr H. (2010). The Battle for Norway: April–June 1940. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-051-1.
- Haarr, Geirr H. (2009). The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-310-9.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
- Winser, John de D. (1999). B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-91-6.
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