Destroyer of the K class
HMS Kipling laying a smoke screen
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | K |
| Pennant | F 91 |
| Built by | Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 20 Oct, 1937 |
| Launched | 19 Jan, 1939 |
| Commissioned | 12 Dec, 1939 |
| Lost | 11 May, 1942 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | HMS Kipling (Cdr. Aubrey St. Clair-Ford, DSO, RN) was bombed by German Ju 88 aircraft off Mersa Matruth in the eastern Mediterranean.
Commanding Officer:
Lt.Cdr. Aubrey St. Clair-Ford, RN
15 November 1939 - 11 May 1942
Promoted to Cdr. on 31 December 1939
DSO awarded on 8 January 1942 |
| Noteable events involving Kipling include: 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. 28 Dec, 1941
The German submarine U-75 was sunk in the Mediterranean near Mersa Matruh, in position 31º50'N, 26º40'E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Kipling (Cdr. A. St. Clair-Ford, RN). (see map) |
