| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | K |
| Pennant | F 12 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | Oct 1937 |
| Launched | 4 Apr 1939 |
| Commissioned | 26 Oct 1939 |
| Lost | 23 May 1941 |
| Loss position | 34.40N, 24.10E |
| History | HMS 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. |
| Former name | HMS Javelin |
Commands listed for HMS Kashmir (F 12)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Henry Alexander King, RN | 11 Sep 1939 | 23 May 1941 |
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Noteable events involving Kashmir include:
29 Nov 1939
German U-boat U-35 was sunk in the North Sea, in position 60°53'N, 02°47'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 unsuccessful.
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