HMS Exmoor (L61)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Exmoor |
| Ordered | 1939 |
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs, Tyneside |
| Laid down | 8 June 1939 |
| Launched | 25 January 1940 |
| Commissioned | 18 October 1940 |
| Honours & awards | North Sea, 1941 |
| Fate | Sunk on 25 February 1941 |
| Badge | On a Field Red, two foxes brushes in Saltire between two mullets Gold. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hunt-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 280 ft (85 m) |
| Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 27.5 kn (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph) (26 kn (48 km/h; 30 mph) full) |
| Range | 3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) / 1,000 nmi (2,000 km) at 26 knots (48 km/h) |
| Complement | 146 |
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HMS Exmoor was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was a member of the first subgroup of the class, and saw service in the Second World War, before being sunk by German E-boats in 1941.