HMS Gurkha (F20)

	Gurkha in 1938
History
United Kingdom
Name	Gurkha
Namesake	Gurkha
Ordered	10 March 1936
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering, Govan
Cost	£340,997
Laid down	6 July 1936
Launched	7 July 1937
Completed	21 October 1938
Fate	Sunk by aircraft, 9 April 1940
Badge	On a Field Blue, two crossed Kukri proper
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	1,891 long tons (1,921 t) (standard); 2,519 long tons (2,559 t) (deep load);
Length	377 ft (114.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	36 ft 6 in (11.13 m)
Draught	11 ft 3 in (3.43 m)
Installed power	3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 44,000 shp (33,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	190
Sensors and ; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 1 × quadruple 2-pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns; 2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machineguns; 1 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers;

HMS Gurkha was a Tribal-class destroyer that saw active service in the Norway Campaign in 1940, where she was sunk.

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