HMS Kipling (F91)
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HMS Kipling was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
laid down by Yarrow
Yarrow Shipbuilders
Yarrow Limited , often styled as simply Yarrows, was a major shipbuilding firm based in the Scotstoun district of Glasgow on the River Clyde...
, Scotstoun
Scotstoun
Scotstoun is a historic district of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre. It is bounded by Yoker and Knightswood to the west, Victoria Park, Broomhill and Whiteinch to the east, Jordanhill to the north and the River Clyde to the south...
on 20 October 1937, launched on 19 January 1939, by the daughter of the poet Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature...
, and commissioned on 12 December 1939. On 28 December 1941 Kipling sank the German submarine U-75. Kipling was attacked by German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Ju-88 bombers of Lehrgeschwader 1 north-west of Mersa Matruh in Egypt
Egypt
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on 12 May 1942 and sunk by Joachim Helbig
Joachim Helbig
Oberst Joachim Helbig was an officer and pilot in the German Luftwaffe bomber arm during World War II. He was credited with the destruction of of Allied shipping accomplished in 480 missions during World War II.Joachim Helbig was born in 1915 and joined the Luftwaffe in 1936...
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