Name: | EXMOOR |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 08/06/1939 |
Launched: | 25/01/1940 |
Completed: | 01/11/1940 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 15 |
Dimensions: | 1000disp - 1340disp, 264.3 x 29.0 x 8.0(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 19000shp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 27.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA guns; depth charges |
History: | |
01/11/1940 | British Royal Navy |
25/02/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | Member of the Hunt Class (Type I) of destroyers |
25/02/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by German E-Boat S30 off Lowestoft | |
Some reports suggest that she did in fact hit a mine |