H.M.S. Keith (1930)

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H.M.S. Keith (1930)
Pendant Number: H06
Builder: Vickers Armstrongs
Laid down: 1 Oct, 1929
Launched: 10 Jul, 1930
Commissioned: 20 Mar, 1931
Bombed: 1 Jun, 1940

H.M.S. Keith was one of nine "B" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy. She was the "leader" of the other eight, having an additional gun and a slightly different design.

Service

Commissioned at Chatham on 9 June, 1931.[1]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 247.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 247.
  3. Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  4. Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  5. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  6. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.


"A" and "B" Class Destroyer
"A" Class Leader
  Codrington  
Destroyers
  Acasta Achates Active Antelope  
  Anthony Ardent Arrow Acheron  
Canadian Destroyers
  Saguenay Skeena  
"B" Class Leader
  Keith  
Destroyers
  Basilisk Beagle Blanche Boadicea  
  Boreas Brazen Brilliant Bulldog  
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