HMS Exmouth (H02)

History
HMS Exmouth leaving the port of Bilbao, Basque Country, 1936.
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Exmouth
Ordered:	1 November 1932
Builder:	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down:	15 March 1933
Launched:	30 January 1934
Commissioned:	9 November 1934
Motto:	Deo Adjuvante ("By God’s help")
Honours and awards:	Atlantic 1939
Fate:	Sunk by German submarine U-22, 21 January 1940
Badge:	On a Field Red, a lion passant Gold
General characteristics
Class and type:	E-class destroyer flotilla leader
Displacement:	1,495 long tons (1,519 t) (standard) 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) (deep load)
Length:	343 ft (104.5 m) o/a
Beam:	33 ft 9 in (10.3 m)
Draught:	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power:	38,000 shp (28,000 kW) 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion:	2 × shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range:	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	175
Sensors and processing systems:	ASDIC
Armament:	5 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns 2 × quadruple QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Vickers Mark III anti-aircraft machine guns 2 × quadruple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers

HMS Exmouth was an E-class destroyer flotilla leader built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion, the ship was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1935–36 during the Abyssinia Crisis. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 she spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. Exmouth was assigned to convoy escort and anti-submarine patrol duties in the Western Approaches when World War II began in September 1939. She was sunk by a German submarine in January 1940 while escorting a merchant ship north of Scotland.

Exmouth displaced 1,495 long tons (1,519 t) at standard load and 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) at deep load. The ship had an overall length of 343 feet (104.5 m), a beam of 33 feet 9 inches (10.3 m) and a draught of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). She was powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of 38,000 shaft horsepower (28,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Exmouth carried a maximum of 470 long tons (480 t) of fuel oil that gave her a range of 6,350 nautical miles (11,760 km; 7,310 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship's complement was 175 officers and ratings.

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