HMS Kite (U87)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Kite.
HMS Kite (U87) was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, once commanded by the famous U-boat hunter Captain Frederic John Walker. She was one of several ships of that class that took part in the famous "six in one trip" in 1944 (in which six U-boats were sunk in one patrol).
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Name | HMS Kite |
Namesake | Kite |
Builder | Cammell Laird |
Launched | 13 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 1 March 1943 |
Fate | Sunk by U-344 on 21 August 1944 |
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Class and type | Modified Black Swan-class sloop |
Displacement | 1,350 tons |
Length | 299 ft 6 in (91.29 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
Complement | 192 |
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Part of: | 2nd Support Group |
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Named after the bird of the same name, she was built at Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead, on the banks of the river Mersey (she was to later to be based across the river in Gladstone Dock, Bootle). She was launched on 13 October 1942 and commissioned on 1 March 1943.