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HMS Imperial (D09)

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Description
Construction and career
Notes
References

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Ship caption=HMS Imperial in September 1937, wearing the three black bands of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on her aft funnel
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Ship country=United Kingdom

United Kingdom|naval}}

Ship name=HMS Imperial

Ship ordered= 30 October 1935

Ship builder=Hawthorn Leslie and Company

Ship original cost= £257,117

Ship laid down= 22 January 1936

Ship launched= 11 December 1936

Ship sponsor=

Ship christened=

Ship completed=

Ship acquired=

Ship commissioned= 30 June 1937

Ship identification=Pennant number: D09/I09

Ship motto=*Deum cole Regem serva

("Honour God, Serve the King")

Ship nickname=

Ship honours=*Atlantic 1939

Mediterranean
Norway 1940
Crete 1941

Ship fate= Scuttled, 29 May 1941

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Ship badge=On a Field Purple, two sceptres in saltire, surrmounted by an orb gold.
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I|destroyer}}

1370|LT|t}} (standard)

{{convert|1888|LT|t}} (deep load)

323|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}

33|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}

12|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}}

34000|shp|lk=in|abbr=on}}

3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Ship propulsion=2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines

35.5|kn|lk=in}}

5500|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}}

Ship complement=145

Ship sensors=ASDIC

Ship armament=*4 × single QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns

2 × quadruple {{convert|0.5|in|mm|adj=on|1}} machine guns
2 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
16 × depth charges, 1 rack and 2 throwers

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commanders=Lt.Cmdr. Charles Arthur de Winton Kitcat

operations=*Norwegian Campaign

Malta Convoys
Battle of Crete

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HMS Imperial was one of nine {{Sclass2-|I|destroyer}}s built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. She was scuttled by {{HMS|Hotspur|H01|6}} in 1941 after she had been crippled by Italian bombers.

Description

The I-class ships were improved versions of the preceding H-class. They displaced {{convert|1370|LT|t}} at standard load and {{convert|1888|LT|t}} at deep load. The ships had an overall length of {{convert|323|ft|m|1}}, a beam of {{convert|33|ft|m|1}} and a draught of {{convert|12|ft|6|in|m|1}}. They were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of {{convert|34000|shp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|35.5|kn|lk=in}}. Imperial carried a maximum of {{convert|455|LT|t}} of fuel oil that gave her a range of {{convert|5500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}. The ships' complement was 145 officers and ratings.^[1]

The ships mounted four 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX guns in single mounts. For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, they had two quadruple Mark I mounts for the 0.5 inch Vickers Mark III machine gun. The I class was fitted with two above-water quintuple torpedo tube mounts for {{convert|21|in|adj=on|0}} torpedoes.^[2] One depth charge rack and two throwers were fitted; 16 depth charges were originally carried,^[1] but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began.^[3]

Construction and career

The ship was ordered under the 1935 Build Programme from Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, on 30 October 1935 with a delivery date of 30 April 1937. The ship was laid down on 26 January 1936 and launched on 11 December the same year, and was the first RN warship to carry the name. Imperial was completed late, on 30 June 1937, after a delay in the delivery of the gun mountings. The contract price was £257,117 excluding items supplied by Admiralty such as guns and communication equipment.^[4]

Imperial took part in the Norwegian Campaign and in August 1940 was redeployed to escort convoys to Malta. On 28 May 1941, Italian bombers from 41 Gruppo attacked Imperial and inflicted severe damage. Once it was ascertained that the vessel was damaged beyond repair, it was scuttled {{convert|55|nmi|lk=in}} east of Kassos.

Notes

1. ^¹Lenton, p. 161
2. ^Whitley, p. 111
3. ^English, p. 141
4. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-29I-Imperial.htm |title=HMS Imperial, destroyer |first=Geoffrey B. |last=Mason |work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War II |year=2010 |accessdate=12 March 2011}}

References

{{cite book|last=English|first=John|title=Amazon to Ivanhoe: British Standard Destroyers of the 1930s|year=1993|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Kendal, England|isbn=0-905617-64-9}}
{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2009|isbn=978-1-59114-081-8}}
{{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|authorlink=Henry Trevor Lenton|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-048-7}}
{{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2}}
{{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}

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