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was purchased before the war began by the Canadian government, but it agreed to allow the British to retain her until the Royal Navy could compensate for her loss by requisitioning enough auxiliary anti-submarine vessels. By the time that the British were ready to turn her over to the RCN, the ship
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until the rear 4.7-inch gun hit the conning tower, killing the entire bridge crew and the .50-caliber machine guns were able to silence the flak gun. This caused Lieutenant Sorber, the senior surviving officer, to order the submarine to dive, but this meant that she had to hold a straight course
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dropped a shallow pattern of depth charges on a submarine contact and badly damaged her stern on 2 March 1943. The ship was repaired at Liverpool between 7 March and 13 July and then assigned to Escort Group C1. She continued her escort work until April 1944 when she began a refit at
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in a heavy fog on 6 August. The destroyer closed on the contact and briefly spotted the submarine twice before losing her in the fog. The submarine reappeared crossing the destroyer's bow at a range of 50 yards (46 m), and both ships opened fire. The range was too close for
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on 30 September 1931, as the 2nd ship to carry the name, and completed on 30 May 1932. Built as a flotilla leader, she displaced 15 long tons more than the rest of her class and carried an extra 30 personnel. These personnel formed the staff of the Captain (D) of the flotilla.
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began a more thorough refit at Devonport that lasted until 10 April 1937 and returned to Spanish waters afterwards to intercept shipping carrying contraband goods to Spain and to protect British-flagged ships. On 6 March, the ship and the destroyer
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s armament during the war (dates can only be roughly assigned) were first the replacement of the ship's rear torpedo tube mount by a 12-pounder AA gun and the 2-pounders were exchanged for quadruple Mark I mounts for the
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with the other ships of the 2nd Flotilla to monitor Italian warship movements until April 1936. She was given a brief refit at Devonport that lasted until June upon her return to the UK. During the first stages of the
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resurfaced, dropped a pattern of depth charges set to detonate at shallow depth and hit her one more time with a 4.7-inch shell before the submarine finally sank. A number of survivors were rescued by
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on each side of 'A' gun, exchanging her two quadruple .50-calibre Vickers machine guns mounted between her funnels for two Oerlikon 20 mm AA guns, and the addition of two Oerlikon guns to her
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abaft the conning tower whilst she was diving. This caused the electric motors to fail, damaged her propellers and led to water entering the submarine, as a result of which Sorber ordered the
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on 17 November. The ship was not fitted with the steam heating necessary to operate in a Canadian winter and she was transferred to the Caribbean in exchange for the destroyer
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deck. The 3-inch (76 mm) AA gun was removed in 1936 and the 2-pounders were relocated to between the funnels. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple
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for most of the rest of 1932, but visited the Mediterranean between January and March 1933 before returning home. The ship was given a refit at
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fire on 4 July effectively ended her career. She was paid off on 8 August and placed on the disposal list. Whilst on tow to the breakers in
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After the completion of her refit, the ship escorted local convoys in and around Halifax until 15 January 1941 when she was transferred to
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while the cruiser sprayed water on the fire. The two ships swapped roles in the morning and the destroyer put some of her crew aboard
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on 12 August, without sinking any. She remained in British waters for the rest of the war; the ship was damaged in a collision with
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that ended in March. The ship visited various Scandinavian ports during the remainder of the year. She participated in
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Douglas, W. A. B.; Sarty, Roger; Michael Whitby; Robert H. Caldwell; William Johnston; William G. P. Rawling (2002).
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was transferred to the Portsmouth Local Flotilla and remained there until the war began in September 1939.
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was under repair after a collision and the hand over was delayed until 19 October. She was renamed
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in 1945, but she ran aground while being towed to the breakers and was not broken up until 1952.
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Badge: On a field Black a Sword proper between two wings greenover two wavelets Silver and Blue.
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s 4.7-inch guns to engage, but her .50-calibre machine guns shot up the submarine's deck and
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in late 1936, the ship evacuated British nationals from several different Spanish ports.
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took the burning ship under tow to prevent her from entering the waters of the neutral
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in May–June 1938 and made a number of port visits in Scandinavia the following month.
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on 5 April. Her repairs were not completed until 22 May and she was transferred to
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returned to Canada in June and was briefly used as a troop transport before a
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to be blown and the submarine abandoned. The destroyer rammed her again when
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in June to reinforce escort forces in the Western Atlantic. In early August,
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in single mounts, designated 'A', 'B', 'X', and 'Y' from front to rear. For
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for returning Canadian servicemen, before being decommissioned in mid-1945.
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on the night of 8/9 March 1940. Initially intercepted by the light cruiser
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Sold for scrapping but wrecked en route to breakers on 10 November 1945
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and the ship made several deployments to Spanish waters during the
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fight the fire while the cruiser towed the freighter to Kingston.
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of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). She was powered by
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on 14 February 1945 and was under repair until early March.
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short-range surface search radar was also added as was an
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disabled their steering gear and set the ship on fire.
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London: Chatham Publishing. 754:participated in the Home Fleet's tour of the 3140:Shipwrecks of the Prince Edward Island coast 1895: 1893: 1600:, 30 cwt referring to the weight of the gun. 942:arrived in Halifax on 31 March for a refit. 513:displaced 1,390 long tons (1,412 t) at 2502:List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy 1932: 1930: 1928: 1926: 1924: 1922: 1920: 1918: 1891: 1889: 1887: 1885: 1883: 1881: 1879: 1877: 1875: 1873: 1850: 1848: 1846: 1844: 1842: 517:load and 1,901 long tons (1,932 t) at 2779: 2765: 2535: 2521: 2160: 2146: 706:The ship was ordered on 15 July 1930 from 505: 261:1,390 long tons (1,412 t) (standard) 2024: 1915: 1870: 1839: 1022: 628: 570: 19:For other ships with the same name, see 2081: 2010:. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. 2005: 1770:. Wellington Evening Post. 7 March 1936 484:, on anti-submarine patrols during the 476:, she served as a convoy escort in the 3107: 2544:Canadian River-class destroyers (1931) 2062: 2043: 1722:. Wellington Evening Post. 16 May 1935 1614: 610:AA guns mounted on the aft end of her 606:, and two 40-millimetre (1.6 in) 2760: 2516: 2141: 1814: 1812: 1753: 1751: 1749: 1747: 1745: 1743: 1741: 1739: 1737: 1687: 1685: 1683: 1681: 1644: 1642: 881:North America and West Indies Station 264:1,901 long tons (1,932 t) (deep) 148: 55: 3135:Maritime incidents in November 1945 13: 1809: 1734: 1678: 1639: 480:, sinking one German submarine by 14: 3151: 2101: 1577:Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 1562:Newfoundland to Northern Ireland 1547:Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 1532:Newfoundland to Northern Ireland 1517:Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 1502:Newfoundland to Northern Ireland 1487:Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 1472:Newfoundland to Northern Ireland 1457:Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 1442:Newfoundland to Northern Ireland 1427:Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 1412:Newfoundland to Northern Ireland 1397:Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 1382:Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 1366:Newfoundland to Northern Ireland 1348:Newfoundland to Northern Ireland 1332:Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 1316:Newfoundland to Northern Ireland 1300:Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 1284:Newfoundland to Northern Ireland 1266:Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 1251:Newfoundland to Northern Ireland 1236:Northern Ireland to Newfoundland 293:12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) 3115:Ships of the Royal Canadian Navy 3090: 3085: 3073: 3065: 2423: 2339: 2240: 2184: 1160:East Point, Prince Edward Island 840:The ship was transferred to the 150: 57: 35: 1830: 1821: 1800: 1791: 1782: 1760: 1712: 1166:Trans-Atlantic convoys escorted 1121:. 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J. (1988). 2063:Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). 1966:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 1574:29 March-13 April 1944 1158:, she ran aground near 1133:, engaged three German 961:rescued survivors from 897:between the islands of 842:18th Destroyer Flotilla 506:Design and construction 461:was transferred to the 439:in the early 1930s. A 251:General characteristics 2044:Lenton, H. T. (1998). 2006:English, John (1993). 1119:Shelburne, Nova Scotia 1038: 957:that was based there. 955:Mid-Ocean Escort Force 824:. She was refitted at 820:destroyers during the 816:after she was sunk by 740:2nd Destroyer Flotilla 697:radio direction finder 670:director-control tower 638: 580: 478:battle of the Atlantic 1194:30 Dec 1941-8 Jan 42 1037:s deck, 6 August 1942 1026: 1012:where Prime Minister 668:platform. 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Index

HMS Kempenfelt
HMCS Assiniboine

Richard Kempenfelt
J. Samuel White
Cowes
Royal Canadian Navy
Assiniboine River
o/a
shp
Parsons
steam turbines
Yarrow
water-tube boilers
knots
nmi
QF 4.7-inch Mark IX guns
QF 3-inch 20 cwt
anti-aircraft
QF 2-pounder Mk II
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
depth charges
C-class
destroyer
Royal Navy
flotilla leader
Home Fleet
World War II
Spanish Civil War

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