HMS Intrepid (D10)
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Intrepid |
| Builder | J. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Laid down | 13 January 1936 |
| Launched | 17 December 1936 |
| Identification | Pennant number: D10 |
| Fate | Sunk by air attack, 27 September 1943 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | I-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 323 ft (98.5 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph) |
| Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 145 |
| Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC |
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HMS Intrepid was one of nine I-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.
Description
The I-class ships were improved versions of the preceding
The ships mounted four
Construction and career
In the Second World War, Intrepid attacked and sank the U-45 south-west of Ireland on 14 October 1939 in company with the destroyers Ivanhoe and Inglefield.
During naval manoeuvres on the 17 March 1940 Intrepid collided with the Leith-based fishing trawler MV Ocean Mist sinking the smaller ship and killing two of her crew but rescuing the other eight[8]
Intrepid participated in the pursuit and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941, and in Operation Pedestal, the escorting of a convoy to Malta in August 1942.
Intrepid was adopted by the town of Uxbridge in 1942 to raise funds for the ship's costs.[9]
Sinking
Intrepid was attacked by German Ju 88 aircraft and sank in Leros harbour in the Aegean Sea on 26 September 1943.
Notes
References
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Crabb, Brian James (2014). Operation Pedestal. The Story of Convoy WS21S in August 1942. Donington, Lincolnshire, UK: Shaun Tyas. ISBN 978-1-907730-19-1.
- English, John (1993). Amazon to Ivanhoe: British Standard Destroyers of the 1930s. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-64-9.
- ISBN 1-86176-137-6.
- Haarr, Geirr H. (2010). The Battle for Norway: April–June 1940. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-051-1.
- Haarr, Geirr H. (2009). The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-310-9.
- Hodges, Peter & Friedman, Norman (1979). Destroyer Weapons of World War 2. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-137-3.
- ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.
- ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Smith, Peter C. (2005). Into the Minefields: British Destroyer Minelaying 1918–1980. Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 1-84415-271-5.
- ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
- Winser, John de D. (1999). B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-91-6.
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