| Name: | KELLY |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 26/08/1937 |
| Launched: | 25/10/1938 |
| Completed: | 23/08/1939 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 615 |
| Dimensions: | 1760disp - 2400disp, 339.5 x 35.7 x 9.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 35.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 2 x 4.7ins, 4 x 2 x 2pdr QF guns; 2 x 5 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 23/08/1939 | British Royal Navy |
| 23/05/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | Member of the K Class of destroyers |
| 11/1939: Structural damage caused by weather in NW Approaches | |
| 21/11/1939: Arrived at Hawthorn Leslie for repairs | |
| 14/12/1939: Mined at the mouth of the Tyne assisting mined ATHELTEMPLAR | |
| 28/02/1940: Returned to service after repairs at Hawthorn Leslie | |
| 03/1940: Damaged in collision with GURKHA. Repaired by Thames yard | |
| 09/05/1940: Disabled in North Sea by torpedo from E-Boat S21 | |
| 10/09/1940: Whilst under tow by BULLDOG, in collision with an E-Boat | |
| 12/09/1940: Arrived at Tyne under tow by 2 commercial tugs | |
| 19/12/1940: Returned to service after repairs at Hawthorn Leslie | |
| 23/05/1941: Sunk by Luftwaffe bombing during the evacuation of Crete |
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Above: Under tow after torpedo damage. Photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above: The damage caused by the torpedo. Photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
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