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HMS Kashmir (F 12)

Destroyer of the K class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassK 
PennantF 12 
Built byThornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid downOct, 1937 
Launched4 Apr, 1939 
Commissioned26 Oct, 1939 
Lost23 May, 1941 
Loss position34.40N, 24.10E (See a map)
 
HistoryHMS Kashmir (Cdr. Henry Alexander King, RN) was bombed and sunk on 23 May 1941 by German Stuka dive bombers south of Crete in position 34º40'N, 24º10'E.

Commanding Officer:
Cdr. Henry Alexander King, RN
11 September 1939 - 23 May 1941 

Former nameHMS Javelin

Noteable events involving Kashmir include:

29 Nov, 1939
The German submarine U-35 was sunk in the North Sea, in position 60º53'N, 02º47'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Icarus (Lt.Cdr. C.D. Maud, RN), HMS Kingston (Lt.Cdr. P. Somerville, RN) and HMS Kashmir (Cdr. H.A. King, RN). (see map)

11 Oct, 1940
The battleship HMS Revenge sails from Plymouth with the destroyers HMS Javelin, HMS Jupiter, HMS Kelvin, HMS Kipling, HMS Jackal, HMS Jaguar and HMS Kashmir to shell the French port of Cherbourg.

20 Oct, 1940
The British destroyers HMS Kashmir (Cdr. H.A. King, RN), HMS Jaguar (Lt.Cdr. J.F.W. Hine RN), HMS Broke (Cdr. B.G. Scurfield, RN) and the Polish destroyer Blyskawica (Cdr. W. Franki, ORP) conducted a patrol in the English Channel. They detected four German destroyers. The enemy ships turned back to their base. The allied pursuit was unsuccessfull.


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