HMS Keppel (D84)

HMS Keppel was a Thornycroft type flotilla leader built for the Royal Navy at the end of the First World War. She was completed too late to serve in that conflict, but saw extensive service in the inter war years and in World War II. She was an effective convoy escort and U-boat killer, being credited with the destruction of five U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic. She was the second of three ships named for 18th century Admiral Augustus Keppel.

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

HMS Keppel, in 1943
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Keppel
NamesakeAugustus Keppel
OrderedApril 1918
BuilderJohn I. Thornycroft & Company
Yard number982
Laid downOctober 1918
Launched23 April 1920
Commissioned15 April 1925
RecommissionedAugust 1939
FateDiscarded 1945, Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeThornycroft type destroyer leader
Displacement
  • 1,554 long tons (1,579 t) (standard)
  • 2,009 long tons (2,041 t) (full load)
Length
  • 329 ft (100 m) o/a
  • 318 ft 3 in (97.00 m) pp
Beam31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Draught12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
Installed power40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Brown-Curtiss single reduction steam turbines
  • 4 × Yarrow boilers
  • 2 × shafts
Speed38 kn (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Capacity500 short tons (450 t) fuel oil
Complement164
Armament5 × BL 4.7 in (120 mm) Mark I dual purpose gun, 1 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun, 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 × 3)
Service record
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