HMS Kempenfelt (1915)

	Kempenfelt, May 1917
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Kempenfelt
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	2 October 1914
Launched	1 May 1915
Commissioned	20 August 1915
Fate	Sold for scrap May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Marksman-class flotilla leader
Displacement	1,440 long tons (1,460 t) normal; 1,700 long tons (1,700 t) deep load;
Length	324 ft 10 in (99.01 m) (overall)
Beam	31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.66 m)
Propulsion	Three shafts; Brown-Curtis steam turbines; Four Yarrow boilers; 36,000 shp (27,000 kW);
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	4,290 nmi (7,950 km; 4,940 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	104
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns; 2 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II; 2 × twin 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Kempenfelt was a Marksman-class flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy. She was built by the Cammell Laird at their Birkenhead shipyard, with construction starting in 1914 and completed in August 1915. She served through the remainder of the First World War. She was sold for scrap in 1921.

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