HMS Kempenfelt (R03)

	HMS Kempenfelt being towed into Newcastle after serving off the Normandy coast
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Kempenfelt
Namesake	Richard Kempenfelt
Ordered	December 1941
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down	24 June 1942
Launched	8 May 1943
Commissioned	25 October 1943
Out of service	Sold to Yugoslavia in October 1956
Motto	Fideliter: Faithfully
Honours &; awards	Atlantic 1939; Anzio 1944; Normandy 1944; Okinawa 1945;
Notes	Pennant number: R03 later changed to D103
Badge	On a field Black a Swan proper between two wings Green over wavelets Silver and Blue.
Yugoslavia
Name	Kotor
Namesake	City of Kotor
Acquired	October 1956
Identification	R-21
Fate	Decommissioned in 1971 and sold for scrapping
General characteristics
Class & type	W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,710 tons (1,730 tonnes); 2,530 tons full (2,570 tonnes);
Length	362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a
Beam	35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers,; Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines,; 40,000 shp (30 MW), 2 shafts;
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) / 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) full
Range	4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	225
Sensors &; processing systems	Radar Type 272 target indication; Radar Type 291 air warning; Radar Type 285 fire control on director Mk.III(W); Radar Type 282 fire control on 40 mm mount Mk.IV;
Armament	4 × QF4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk.IX guns on single mounts CP Mk.XXII; 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk VIII guns, quad mount Mk.VII; 4 × A/A mountings;; twin 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.V; single Bofors 40 mm Mk.III guns; single QF 2 pdr Mk.XVI; 8 (4x2) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo Mk.IX; 2 racks & 4 throwers for 70 depth charges;
Aircraft carried	None

HMS Kempenfelt was a W-class destroyer flotilla leader of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War. She was the second destroyer of her name to have served in the war; the first Kempenfelt was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in October 1939 and renamed HMCS Assiniboine.

History
HMS Kempenfelt being towed into Newcastle after serving off the Normandy coast
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Kempenfelt
Namesake	Richard Kempenfelt
Ordered	December 1941
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down	24 June 1942
Launched	8 May 1943
Commissioned	25 October 1943
Out of service	Sold to Yugoslavia in October 1956
Motto	Fideliter: Faithfully
Honours & awards	Atlantic 1939 Anzio 1944 Normandy 1944 Okinawa 1945
Notes	Pennant number: R03 later changed to D103
Badge	On a field Black a Swan proper between two wings Green over wavelets Silver and Blue.
Yugoslavia
Name	Kotor
Namesake	City of Kotor
Acquired	October 1956
Identification	R-21
Fate	Decommissioned in 1971 and sold for scrapping
General characteristics
Class & type	W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,710 tons (1,730 tonnes) 2,530 tons full (2,570 tonnes)
Length	362.75 ft (110.57 m) o/a
Beam	35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons single-reduction geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30 MW), 2 shafts
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) / 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) full
Range	4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	225
Sensors & processing systems	Radar Type 272 target indication Radar Type 291 air warning Radar Type 285 fire control on director Mk.III(W) Radar Type 282 fire control on 40 mm mount Mk.IV
Armament	4 × QF4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk.IX guns on single mounts CP Mk.XXII 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk VIII guns, quad mount Mk.VII 4 × A/A mountings; twin 20 mm Oerlikon Mk.V single Bofors 40 mm Mk.III guns single QF 2 pdr Mk.XVI 8 (4x2) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo Mk.IX 2 racks & 4 throwers for 70 depth charges
Aircraft carried	None