HMS Exmoor (L61)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Exmoor.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Exmoor
Ordered1939
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs, Tyneside
Laid down8 June 1939
Launched25 January 1940
Commissioned18 October 1940
Honours and
awards		North Sea, 1941
FateSunk on 25 February 1941
BadgeOn a Field Red, two foxes brushes in Saltire between two mullets Gold.
General characteristics
Class and typeHunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) standard
  • 1,340 long tons (1,362 t) full load
Length280 ft (85 m)
Beam29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Propulsion
  • Two x Admiralty 3 drum boilers
  • Two shaft Parsons geared turbines
  • 19,000 shp
Speed27.5 kn (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph) (26 kn (48 km/h; 30 mph) full)
Range3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) / 1,000 nmi (2,000 km) at 26 knots (48 km/h)
Complement146
Armament
  • 4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk VIII AA guns on quad mount MK.VII
  • 2 × 20-mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk. III
  • 40 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack
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