HMS Kent (54)
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| Name: | HMS Kent |
| Namesake: | Kent |
| Builder: | Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, UK) |
| Laid down: | 15 November 1924 |
| Launched: | 16 March 1926 |
| Commissioned: | 25 June 1928 |
| Identification: | pennant number 54 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 22 January 1948 |
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| Class and type: | County-class heavy cruiser |
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| Length: | 630 ft (192.0 m) |
| Beam: | 68 ft 5 in (20.9 m) |
| Draught: | 20 ft 6 in (6.2 m) |
| Installed power: | 80,000 shp (60,000 kW) |
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| Speed: | 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph) |
| Range: | 13,300 nmi (24,600 km; 15,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 784 |
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HMS Kent, pennant number 54, was a County-class heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. She was the lead ship of the Kent subclass. After completion the ship was sent to the China Station where she remained until the beginning of the Second World War, aside from a major refit in 1937–38. Kent hunted the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the East Indies in late 1939 and then was reassigned to troop convoy escort duties in the Indian Ocean in early 1940. She was transferred to the Mediterranean in mid-1940, but was torpedoed shortly after arriving. The ship was under repair for a year and was then assigned to Home Fleet where she escorted convoys to and from North Russia for the next several years. In mid-1944 Kent escorted British aircraft carriers as their aircraft made attacks on German shipping and airfields in Norway. A few months later was flagship of a force that intercepted a German convoy in Norwegian waters and sank two freighters and five escorts. The ship was paid off in early 1945 and placed in until she was used as a target. Kent was sold for scrap in 1948.
Kent displaced 9,850 long tons (10,010 t) at standard load and 13,520 long tons (13,740 t) at deep load. The ship had an overall length of 630 feet (192.0 m), a beam of 68 feet 5 inches (20.9 m) and a draught of 20 feet 6 inches (6.2 m). She was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines, driving four shafts, which developed a total of 80,000 shaft horsepower (60,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph). Steam for the turbines was provided by eight Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers. Kent carried a maximum of 3,425 long tons (3,480 t) of fuel oil that gave her a range of 13,300 nautical miles (24,600 km; 15,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). The ship's complement was 784 officers and men.
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