HMS Electra (H27)

	HMS Electra before the war wearing the single white stripe of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Electra
Ordered	1 November 1932
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn
Cost	£253,350
Laid down	15 March 1933
Launched	15 February 1934
Commissioned	13 September 1934
Stricken	1 January 1946
Identification	Pennant number: H27
Motto	Fulgens ab undis; ("Shining from the waves");
Honours &; awards	Atlantic 1939–40; Norway 1940; BISMARCK Action 1941; Arctic 1941; Java Sea 1942
Fate	Sunk, Battle of the Java Sea, 27 February 1942
General characteristics
Class & type	E-class destroyer
Displacement	1,405 long tons (1,428 t) (standard); 1,940 long tons (1,970 t) (deep load);
Length	329 ft (100.3 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft 3 in (10.13 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep)
Installed power	36,000 shp (26,800 kW); 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	6,350 nmi (11,760 km; 7,310 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors &; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns; 2 × quadruple 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns; 2 × quadruple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 20 × depth charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers;
Service record
Part of:	5th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet (1934–1935); 5th Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean Fleet (1935–1936); 12th Destroyer Flotilla (1939–1940); 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet (1940–1941); Force Z (1941–1942) China Force ABDA Area (1942);
Commanders:	Stuart Austen "Sammy" Buss,; Cecil Wakeford May;
Operations:	Battles of Narvik (1940); Battle of the Denmark Strait (1941); Operation Dervish (1941); Battle of Kuantan (1941); Battle of the Java Sea (1942);

HMS Electra was a one of nine E-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. Sunk in the Battle of the Java Sea, Electra was a witness to many naval battles, including the Battle of the Denmark Strait and the sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse. The ship's wreck was discovered in 2003 and had been badly damaged by illegal salvagers by 2016.

History
HMS Electra before the war wearing the single white stripe of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Electra
Ordered	1 November 1932
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn
Cost	£253,350
Laid down	15 March 1933
Launched	15 February 1934
Commissioned	13 September 1934
Stricken	1 January 1946
Identification	Pennant number: H27
Motto	Fulgens ab undis ("Shining from the waves")
Honours & awards	Atlantic 1939–40; Norway 1940; BISMARCK Action 1941; Arctic 1941; Java Sea 1942
Fate	Sunk, Battle of the Java Sea, 27 February 1942
General characteristics
Class & type	E-class destroyer
Displacement	1,405 long tons (1,428 t) (standard) 1,940 long tons (1,970 t) (deep load)
Length	329 ft (100.3 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft 3 in (10.13 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep)
Installed power	36,000 shp (26,800 kW) 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
Speed	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range	6,350 nmi (11,760 km; 7,310 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors & processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns 2 × quadruple 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) machine guns 2 × quadruple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers
Service record
Part of:	5th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet (1934–1935) 5th Destroyer Flotilla, Mediterranean Fleet (1935–1936) 12th Destroyer Flotilla (1939–1940) 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet (1940–1941) Force Z (1941–1942) China Force ABDA Area (1942)
Commanders:	Stuart Austen "Sammy" Buss, Cecil Wakeford May
Operations:	Battles of Narvik (1940) Battle of the Denmark Strait (1941) Operation Dervish (1941) Battle of Kuantan (1941) Battle of the Java Sea (1942)