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HMS Kelly (F01)

HMS Kelly
HMS Kelly
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
Namesake: Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Kelly
Ordered: 24 March 1937
Laid down: 26 August 1937
Launched: 25 October 1938
Commissioned: 23 August 1939
Homeport: HMNB Portsmouth
Motto: Keep on instead of Hold on
Fate: Sunk by Luftwaffe bombardment 23 May 1941, position 34º40'N, 24º10'E
General characteristics
Class and type: K-class destroyer
Displacement: 1,760 tons; 2,400 tons full load
Length: 339½ ft p/p; 356½ ft o/a
Beam: 35¾ ft
Draught: 9 ft (2.7 m) ; 12 ft (3.7 m) deep
Propulsion: 2 Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers (300 psi, 620 °F), Parsons geared steam turbines on 2 shafts, 40,000 shp
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h) light; 32 knots (59 km/h) deep
Range: 484 tons bunkerage, 5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), 1,050 nmi (1,940 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement: 218
Armament:

HMS Kelly (pennant number F01) was a K-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy, and flotilla leader of her class. She served through the early years of the Second World War; in Home Waters, off Norway and in the Mediterranean. Throughout her service, Kelly was commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten. She was lost in action in 1941 during the Battle of Crete. In addition, Mountbatten served as commander (Captain (D)) of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla.

Kelly was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company at Hebburn on the River Tyne. She was laid down on 26 August 1937, launched on 25 October 1938 and commissioned on 23 August 1939, just 11 days before commencement of hostilities. She was named after Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Kelly.

On the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were brought from France, where they were living, back to Britain on board HMS Kelly.

On the afternoon of 14 December 1939, the tanker SS Atheltemplar struck a mine laid by German destroyers off the Tyne Estuary. Kelly and the Tribal-class destroyer HMS Mohawk were dispatched as escorts for the rescue tugs Great Emperor, Joffre and Langton. During the operation, Kelly also struck a mine and sustained damage to her hull. While Mohawk put a party aboard Atheltemplar, and Joffre and Langton took the tanker under tow, Kelly herself was taken in tow by Great Emperor and returned to the Tyne. Reaching the Tyne just before midnight, Kelly was assisted up river by the tugs Robert Redhead and Washington. She was towed to Hawthorn Leslie's yard for repairs, which took just a little over three months, and were completed in early March 1940.


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