HMS Kenya

Type:
Light Cruiser
Class:
Builder:
Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd.
Glasgow, Scotland
Pennant Number:
14
C-14
Ordered:
December 20, 1937
Commissioned:
August 20, 1940
Keel Laid:
June 18, 1938
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
August 18, 1939
Stricken:


N/A
Fate:
Sold Oct. 29, 1962 to Shipbreaking Industries and scrapped in Faslane, Scotland in 1962-63.




Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
June 3, 1941
Belchen
U-Boat
Supply Ship

6,367
Germany
Assisted with
(HMS Aurora)
Oct. 3, 1941
Kota Pinang
U-Boat
Supply Ship
7,277
Germany
Assisted with
(HMS Sheffield)


Notes:
Aug. 12, 1942:
Torpedoed by Italian submarine Alagi in the Mediterranean Sea, 95 miles south of
Cagliari, Sardinia (37.52N - 09.21E) while escorting convoy "Pedestal",
out of action until December.


Page revised Jan. 29, 2007