HMS Kandahar

	HMS Kandahar with the captured Italian submarine Galileo Galilei, Gulf of Aden, June 1940
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Kandahar
Ordered	March 1935
Builder	William Denny & Brothers
Laid down	18 January 1938
Launched	21 March 1939
Commissioned	10 October 1939
Identification	Pennant number F28
Honours and; awards	Greece 1941 – Crete 1941 – Libya 1941 – Mediterranean 1941 – Malta Convyos 1941
Fate	Mined, 19 December 1941; Scuttled by HMS Jaguar 20 December 1941;
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	K-class destroyer
Displacement	1,690 long tons (1,720 t) (standard); 2,330 long tons (2,370 t) (deep load);
Length	356 ft 6 in (108.66 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 9 in (10.90 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) (deep)
Installed power	44,000 shp (33,000 kW); 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers;
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	183 (218 for flotilla leaders)
Sensors and ; processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns; 1 × quadruple QF 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns; 2 × quadruple QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III anti-aircraft machineguns; 2 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes ; 20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers;

HMS Kandahar (F28) was a K-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s, named after the Afghan city of Kandahar.

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