HMS Exmoor (L08)

	HMS Exmoor (foreground) on 11 February 1942.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Burton
Namesake	A fox hunt in Derbyshire, England
Ordered	20 December 1939
Builder	Swan Hunter, Wallsend
Laid down	7 June 1940
Launched	12 March 1941
Renamed	Exmoor June 1941
Namesake	A fox hunt in Somerset, England
Completed	18 October 1941
Commissioned	18 October 1941
Decommissioned	November 1945
Identification	Pennant number: L08
Honours and; awards	Battle honours for:; North Sea 1941 (carried forward from previous HMS Exmoor (L61)); Atlantic 1941-1942; Libya 1942; Sicily 1943; Salerno 1943; Aegean 1943; Mediterranean 1944;
Fate	Sold to Denmark 1954
Badge	On a red field, two foxes brushes in saltire between two mullets, all gold
Denmark
Name	HDMS Valdemar Sejr
Namesake	Valdemar II (1170-1241), King of Denmark (1202-1241)
Acquired	1954
Identification	F343
Fate	Sold for scrapping 1966
General characteristics Type II
Class and type	Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard; 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load;
Length	85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,000 kW);
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph); 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) full;
Range	3,600 nmi (6,700 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement	164
Armament	6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX; 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III; 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks;

The second HMS Exmoor (L08), ex-HMS Burton, was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy in commission from 1941 to 1945. She was a member of the second subgroup of the class, and saw service during much of World War II. She later served in the Royal Danish Navy as HDMS Valdemar Sejr (F 343).

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