HMS Kenya |
Type: |
Light Cruiser |
Class: |
Fiji (Class Overview) |
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.
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Combat Victories |
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Date
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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: |
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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 |