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margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,400 long tons (1,422 t) (standard)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,821 long tons (1,850 t) (<a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>323 ft (98.5 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">o/a</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>32 ft 3 in (9.8 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>12 ft 3 in (3.7 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">34,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (25,000 kW)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_3-drum_boiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiralty 3-drum boiler">Admiralty 3-drum boilers</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 × shafts; 2 × <a href="/wiki/Parsons_Marine_Steam_Turbine_Company" title="Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company">Parsons</a> geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>35 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (65 km/h; 40 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>4,800 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>175</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sensors and <br /> processing systems</td><td>Type 119 <a href="/wiki/ASDIC" class="mw-redirect" title="ASDIC">ASDIC</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × single <a href="/wiki/4.7_inch_QF_Mark_XII" class="mw-redirect" title="4.7 inch QF Mark XII">4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk IX guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_2_pounder_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 2 pounder naval gun">QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk II</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft gun">AA guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × quadruple <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21 in (533 mm) torpedo</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">tubes</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">20 × <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charges</a>, 1 rail and 2 throwers</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>Keith</i></b> was a <a href="/wiki/B-class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="B-class destroyer">B-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">flotilla leader</a> built for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> around 1930. Initially assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Fleet" title="Mediterranean Fleet">Mediterranean Fleet</a>, she was placed in <a href="/wiki/Reserve_fleet" title="Reserve fleet">reserve</a> in 1937, after repairs from a collision were completed. During the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a> of 1936–1939, the ship was reactivated and spent some time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. <i>Keith</i> escorted convoys and conducted <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine patrols</a> early in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> before being sunk at <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk</a> by German aircraft. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Keith&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Keith</i> displaced 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) at <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">standard</a> load and 1,821 long tons (1,850 t) at <a href="/wiki/Deep_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep load">deep load</a>. The ship had an <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall length</a> of 323 feet (98.5 m), a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 32 feet 3 inches (9.8 m) and a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draught</a> of 12 feet 3 inches (3.7 m). She was powered by <a href="/wiki/Parsons_Marine_Steam_Turbine_Company" title="Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company">Parsons</a> geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a>, driving two shafts, which developed a total of 34,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shaft horsepower</a> (25,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 35 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (65 km/h; 40 mph). Steam for the turbines was provided by three <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_3-drum_boiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiralty 3-drum boiler">Admiralty 3-drum boilers</a>. <i>Keith</i> carried a maximum of 390 long tons (396 t) of <a href="/wiki/Fuel_oil" title="Fuel oil">fuel oil</a> that gave her a range of 4,800 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship's complement was 175 officers and men.<sup id="cite_ref-w78_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-w78-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship mounted four 45-<a href="/wiki/Caliber_(artillery)" title="Caliber (artillery)">calibre</a> <a href="/wiki/4.7_inch_QF_Mark_XII" class="mw-redirect" title="4.7 inch QF Mark XII">QF 4.7-inch Mk IX guns</a> in single mounts. For <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-aircraft</a> (AA) defence, <i>Keith</i> had two 40-millimetre (1.6 in) <a href="/wiki/QF_2_pounder_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 2 pounder naval gun">QF 2-pounder Mk II</a> AA guns mounted on a platform between her <a href="/wiki/Funnel_(ship)" title="Funnel (ship)">funnels</a>. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tube</a> mounts for <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21-inch (533 mm)</a> torpedoes.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charge</a> rail and two throwers were fitted; 20 depth charges were originally carried, but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Keith&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ship was ordered, the first ship of her name in the Royal Navy,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 22 March 1929 from <a href="/wiki/Vickers-Armstrongs" title="Vickers-Armstrongs">Vickers-Armstrongs</a> at <a href="/wiki/Barrow-in-Furness" title="Barrow-in-Furness">Barrow</a>, under the 1928 Naval Programme. She was laid down on 1 October 1929 and launched on 10 July 1930. <i>Keith</i> was completed on 20 March 1931 at a cost of £219,800, excluding items supplied by the Admiralty such as guns, ammunition and communications equipment. After her commissioning, she was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/4th_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="4th Destroyer Flotilla">4th Destroyer Flotilla</a> as its flotilla leader. Aside from a refit at <a href="/wiki/Chatham_Dockyard" title="Chatham Dockyard">Chatham Dockyard</a> between 4 September and 18 October 1933, the ship remained with the Mediterranean Fleet until 1936. <i>Keith</i> collided with the Greek steamship, <i>Atonis G. Lemos</i>, in thick fog in the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> on 24 August 1936 whilst en route from <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> to <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a> for another refit. The refit was not completed until 13 February 1937 and she then spent six months in reserve at <a href="/wiki/Sheerness" title="Sheerness">Sheerness</a>. The ship was recommissioned on 14 August 1937 to replace the flotilla leader of the <a href="/wiki/6th_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="6th Destroyer Flotilla">6th Destroyer Flotilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Faulknor_(H62)" title="HMS Faulknor (H62)"><i>Faulknor</i></a>, whilst the latter ship was being repaired after a collision. <i>Keith</i> spent several months deployed off the Spanish Biscay coast during the Spanish Civil War and was later based in <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>. The ship returned to Sheerness on 4 November and was reduced to reserve again. She received a brief refit at Chatham from 9 May to 16 June 1938. Upon its completion, <i>Keith</i> rejoined the 4th Destroyer Flotilla, which was now assigned to <a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Home Fleet</a>. She was transferred, taking on the crew of <a href="/wiki/HMS_Electra_(H27)" title="HMS Electra (H27)"><i>Electra</i></a>, to the <a href="/wiki/5th_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="5th Destroyer Flotilla">5th Destroyer Flotilla</a> at Gibraltar on 17 January 1939. The ship remained with the 5th Flotilla until April and then she returned home. <i>Keith</i> was refitted at Chatham between 11 May and 15 July and placed in reserve again on 31 July.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly before the war began in September, the ship was recommissioned and assigned to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=17th_Destroyer_Flotilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="17th Destroyer Flotilla (page does not exist)">17th Destroyer Flotilla</a> of Home Fleet. On 3 September, she was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Western_Approaches_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Approaches Command">Western Approaches Command</a> for anti-submarine patrols, based at <a href="/wiki/Milford_Haven" title="Milford Haven">Milford Haven</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-e1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 September, <i>Keith</i> escorted a convoy carrying the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a> (BEF) to France.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 29 October she was transferred to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=22nd_Destroyer_Flotilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="22nd Destroyer Flotilla (page does not exist)">22nd Destroyer Flotilla</a> at <a href="/wiki/Harwich_Dockyard" title="Harwich Dockyard">Harwich</a> and became its flotilla leader five days later. In December, <i>Keith</i> had repairs made to her propellers at <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Devonport" title="HMNB Devonport">HM Dockyard Devonport</a> that lasted until 10 January 1940. She was transferred to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=19th_Destroyer_Flotilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="19th Destroyer Flotilla (page does not exist)">19th Destroyer Flotilla</a> in February and <i>Keith</i> escorted her <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Boadicea_(H65)" title="HMS Boadicea (H65)"><i>Boadicea</i></a> on 5 March as she towed the damaged <a href="/wiki/Oil_tanker" title="Oil tanker">oil tanker</a> <i>John F. Meyer</i> to <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a>. The ship resumed her escort and patrol duties until May when the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Germans attacked</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-e1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_France">Battle of France</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Keith&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Battle of France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 10 May 1940, the Germans launched their <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">invasion of France</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a>. That day <i>Keith</i> and her sister <a href="/wiki/HMS_Boreas_(H77)" title="HMS Boreas (H77)"><i>Boreas</i></a> escorted the <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruisers</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Arethusa_(26)" title="HMS Arethusa (26)"><i>Arethusa</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Galatea_(71)" title="HMS Galatea (71)"><i>Galatea</i></a> as they carried <a href="/wiki/Bullion" title="Bullion">bullion</a> from the Dutch port of <a href="/wiki/IJmuiden" title="IJmuiden">IJmuiden</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> for safe-keeping. On 12 May, she returned to the <a href="/wiki/Hook_of_Holland" title="Hook of Holland">Hook of Holland</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> to evacuate Allied troops.<sup id="cite_ref-e1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Whitley_(L23)" title="HMS Whitley (L23)"><i>Whitley</i></a> had to be run aground on 19 May after she was damaged by German aircraft, she was <a href="/wiki/Scuttled" class="mw-redirect" title="Scuttled">scuttled</a> by <i>Keith</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 May, <i>Keith</i> was one of three destroyers that evacuated 468 civilians from France. Two days later the ship was in <a href="/wiki/Boulogne-sur-Mer" title="Boulogne-sur-Mer">Boulogne-sur-Mer</a>, loading British troops to be evacuated, when she was attacked by German troops. She was hit by a <a href="/wiki/Mortar_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Mortar bomb">mortar bomb</a> and <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine gun</a> fire that killed her <a href="/wiki/Captain_(nautical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (nautical)">captain</a> and wounded many others. <i>Keith</i> sailed for the UK immediately afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the night of 30/31 May, the ship joined <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Operation Dynamo</a> when she helped to evacuate 992 Allied troops from Dunkirk to <a href="/wiki/Dover" title="Dover">Dover</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She returned in the morning to <a href="/wiki/De_Panne" title="De Panne">De Panne</a> and became <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rear-Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear-Admiral">Rear-Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Frederic_Wake-Walker" title="Frederic Wake-Walker">Frederic Wake-Walker</a>, commander of the evacuation.<sup id="cite_ref-g7_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-g7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship was attacked by aircraft later that morning; a first attack damaged her steering gear, and a later attack sent a bomb down the aft funnel which exploded in the No. 2 boiler room, killing everyone inside and starting a fire. With no power available, she anchored and the abandon ship command was ordered. <i>Keith</i> sank at 09:45 at position <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=HMS_Keith&params=51_04_46_N_02_26_47_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°04′46″N</span> <span class="longitude">02°26′47″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.07944°N 2.44639°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.07944; 2.44639</span></span></span></a></span></span>. Three officers and 33 ratings were killed during the attacks, and eight officers and 123 crewmen were saved.<sup id="cite_ref-e1_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-e1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Keith's</i> wreck was surveyed in 2016 and 2019, but found to be degraded significantly in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Keith&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-w78_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Whitley, p. 99</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, p. 298</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">English, p. 141</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Colledge, p. 183</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">English, pp. 29–31</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-e1-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-e1_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-e1_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-e1_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-e1_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">English, p. 31</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Winser, p. 6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rohwer, p. 23</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Winser, pp. 11–12</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Winser, p. 89</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-g7-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-g7_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardner, p. 67</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span 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Colledge">Colledge, J. J.</a>; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. <i><a href="/wiki/Ships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Ships of the Royal Navy">Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy</a></i> (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86176-281-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-86176-281-8"><bdi>978-1-86176-281-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ships+of+the+Royal+Navy%3A+The+Complete+Record+of+all+Fighting+Ships+of+the+Royal+Navy&rft.place=London&rft.edition=Rev.&rft.pub=Chatham+Publishing&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-86176-281-8&rft.aulast=Colledge&rft.aufirst=J.+J.&rft.au=Warlow%2C+Ben&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Keith" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFEnglish1993" class="citation book cs1">English, John (1993). <i>Amazon to Ivanhoe: British Standard Destroyers of the 1930s</i>. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-905617-64-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-905617-64-9"><bdi>0-905617-64-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Amazon+to+Ivanhoe%3A+British+Standard+Destroyers+of+the+1930s&rft.place=Kendal%2C+England&rft.pub=World+Ship+Society&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-905617-64-9&rft.aulast=English&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Keith" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFriedman2009" class="citation book cs1">Friedman, Norman (2009). <i>British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War</i>. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59114-081-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59114-081-8"><bdi>978-1-59114-081-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Destroyers+From+Earliest+Days+to+the+Second+World+War&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-59114-081-8&rft.aulast=Friedman&rft.aufirst=Norman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Keith" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGardner2000" class="citation book cs1">Gardner, W. J. R. (2000). <i>The Evacuation from Dunkirk: Operation Dynamo, 26 May-4 June 1940</i>. London: Frank Cass. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7146-5120-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7146-5120-6"><bdi>0-7146-5120-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Evacuation+from+Dunkirk%3A+Operation+Dynamo%2C+26+May-4+June+1940&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Frank+Cass&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-7146-5120-6&rft.aulast=Gardner&rft.aufirst=W.+J.+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Keith" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFRohwer2005" class="citation book cs1">Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). <i>Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two</i> (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59114-119-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-59114-119-2"><bdi>1-59114-119-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chronology+of+the+War+at+Sea+1939%E2%80%931945%3A+The+Naval+History+of+World+War+Two&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.edition=Third+Revised&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-59114-119-2&rft.aulast=Rohwer&rft.aufirst=J%C3%BCrgen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Keith" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFWhitley1988" class="citation book cs1">Whitley, M. J. (1988). <i>Destroyers of World War 2</i>. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-326-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-326-1"><bdi>0-87021-326-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Destroyers+of+World+War+2&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=0-87021-326-1&rft.aulast=Whitley&rft.aufirst=M.+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Keith" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFWinser1999" class="citation book cs1">Winser, John de D. (1999). <i>B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk</i>. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-905617-91-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-905617-91-6"><bdi>0-905617-91-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=B.E.F.+Ships+Before%2C+At+and+After+Dunkirk&rft.place=Gravesend%2C+Kent&rft.pub=World+Ship+Society&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-905617-91-6&rft.aulast=Winser&rft.aufirst=John+de+D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Keith" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Keith&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLenton1998" class="citation book cs1">Lenton, H. T. (1998). <i>British & Empire Warships of the Second World War</i>. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55750-048-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-55750-048-7"><bdi>1-55750-048-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+%26+Empire+Warships+of+the+Second+World+War&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=1-55750-048-7&rft.aulast=Lenton&rft.aufirst=H.+T.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Keith" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMarch1966" class="citation book cs1">March, Edgar J. (1966). <i>British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans</i>. London: Seeley Service. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/164893555">164893555</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Destroyers%3A+A+History+of+Development%2C+1892%E2%80%931953%3B+Drawn+by+Admiralty+Permission+From+Official+Records+%26+Returns%2C+Ships%27+Covers+%26+Building+Plans&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Seeley+Service&rft.date=1966&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F164893555&rft.aulast=March&rft.aufirst=Edgar+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Keith" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></th><td 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decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Keith</i></a> (flotilla leader)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Basilisk_(H11)" title="HMS Basilisk (H11)"><i>Basilisk</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Beagle_(H30)" title="HMS Beagle (H30)"><i>Beagle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Blanche_(H47)" title="HMS Blanche (H47)"><i>Blanche</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Boadicea_(H65)" title="HMS Boadicea (H65)"><i>Boadicea</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Boreas_(H77)" title="HMS Boreas (H77)"><i>Boreas</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Brazen_(H80)" title="HMS Brazen (H80)"><i>Brazen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Brilliant_(H84)" title="HMS Brilliant (H84)"><i>Brilliant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Bulldog_(H91)" title="HMS Bulldog (H91)"><i>Bulldog</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1970%29.svg/40px-Naval_Ensign_of_Greece_%281863-1924_and_1935-1970%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy">List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Destroyers_of_the_Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Category:Destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy">List of destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_1936310" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th 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href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1936" title="List of shipwrecks in 1936">Shipwrecks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">12 Jan: <a href="/wiki/SS_Iowa_(1920)" title="SS Iowa (1920)"><i>Iowa</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Feb: <a href="/wiki/Lady_Elizabeth_(1879)" title="Lady Elizabeth (1879)"><i>Lady Elizabeth</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Feb: <a href="/wiki/USS_Santa_Rosalia" title="USS Santa Rosalia"><i>Santa Rosalia</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Feb: <a href="/wiki/USS_R-8" title="USS R-8">USS <i>R-8</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Apr: <i><a href="/wiki/Herzogin_Cecilie" title="Herzogin Cecilie">Herzogin Cecilie</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 May: <i><a href="/wiki/Russian_coast_defense_ship_Admiral_Seniavin" title="Russian coast defense ship Admiral Seniavin">Mishima</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 May: <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Anzac_(G90)" title="HMAS Anzac (G90)">HMAS <i>Anzac</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 May: <a href="/wiki/USS_S-4" title="USS S-4">USS <i>S-4</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Jun: <a href="/wiki/PS_Tashmoo" title="PS Tashmoo"><i>Tashmoo</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Chicago_(1885)" title="USS Chicago (1885)">USS <i>Alton</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Jul: <a href="/wiki/USS_Smith_Thompson" title="USS Smith Thompson">USS <i>Smith Thompson</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">5 Aug: <a href="/wiki/USS_Radford_(DD-120)" title="USS Radford (DD-120)">USS <i>Radford</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Aug: <a href="/wiki/USS_Champlin_(DD-104)" title="USS Champlin (DD-104)">USS <i>Champlin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Aug: <a href="/wiki/SS_Eubee" title="SS Eubee"><i>Eubee</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Aug:<a href="/wiki/USS_R-8" title="USS R-8">USS <i>R-8</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Sep: <a href="/wiki/Pourquoi-Pas_(1908)" title="Pourquoi-Pas (1908)"><i>Pourquoi-Pas</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Oct: <a href="/wiki/SS_Ohioan_(1914)" title="SS Ohioan (1914)"><i>Ohioan</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Nov: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-18_(1935)" title="German submarine U-18 (1935)"><i>U-18</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Bury_Hill" title="SS Bury Hill"><i>Bury Hill</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Dec: <a href="/wiki/Spanish_submarine_C-3" title="Spanish submarine C-3"><i>C-3</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Dec: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Deneb" title="SS Deneb">Bore VII</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/Spanish_cruiser_Conde_de_Venadito" title="Spanish cruiser Conde de Venadito"><i>Conde de Venadito</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Nisshin" title="Japanese cruiser Nisshin">Hai-Kan No. 6</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">27 Feb: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-53_(1925)" title="Japanese submarine I-53 (1925)"><i>I-53</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-156" title="Japanese submarine I-156"><i>I-156</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1 Apr: <i><a href="/wiki/Girl_Pat" title="Girl Pat">Girl Pat</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Smith_Thompson" title="USS Smith Thompson">USS <i>Smith Thompson</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Whipple_(DD-217)" title="USS Whipple (DD-217)">USS <i>Whipple</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 May: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-53_(1925)" title="Japanese submarine I-53 (1925)"><i>I-53</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-55_(1925)" title="Japanese submarine I-55 (1925)"><i>I-55</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 May: <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_L%27Indomptable" title="French destroyer L'Indomptable"><i>L'Indomptable</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Pasteur" title="French submarine Pasteur"><i>Pasteur</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Jun: <i><a href="/wiki/Girl_Pat" title="Girl Pat">Girl Pat</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-60" title="Japanese submarine I-60"><i>I-60</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-55_(1925)" title="Japanese submarine I-55 (1925)"><i>I-55</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Aug: <a href="/wiki/SS_Eubee" title="SS Eubee"><i>Eubee</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Corinaldo" title="SS Corinaldo"><i>Corinaldo</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Aug: <a href="/wiki/USC%26GS_Fathomer_(1904)" title="USC&GS Fathomer (1904)">USC&GS <i>Fathomer</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Aug: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">HMS <i>Keith</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Sep: <a href="/wiki/NRP_Afonso_de_Albuquerque_(1934)" title="NRP Afonso de Albuquerque (1934)">NRP <i>Afonso de Albuquerque</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/NRP_D%C3%A3o" title="NRP Dão">NRP <i>Dão</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/1936_Naval_Revolt" title="1936 Naval Revolt">mutiny</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Sep: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Dieppe_(1905)" title="SS Dieppe (1905)">Rosaura</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Sep: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Advocate" title="SS Empire Advocate">Angelina Lauro</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Nov: <a href="/wiki/Bellubera" title="Bellubera"><i>Bellubera</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">24 Dec: <a href="/wiki/TS_Pretoria" title="TS Pretoria"><i>Pretoria</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1935" title="List of shipwrecks in 1935">1935</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1935" title="List of shipwrecks in 1935"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/24px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="100" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1937" title="List of shipwrecks in 1937"><img 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incidents in June 1940</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_June_1940" title="List of shipwrecks in June 1940">Shipwrecks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Basilisk_(H11)" title="HMS Basilisk (H11)">HMS <i>Basilisk</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Foudroyant_(1929)" title="French destroyer Foudroyant (1929)"><i>Foudroyant</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Havant_(H32)" title="HMS Havant (H32)">HMS <i>Havant</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Douglas_(1907)" title="SS Douglas (1907)"><i>Ioanna</i></a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">HMS <i>Keith</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/TSS_Scotia_(1920)" title="TSS Scotia (1920)"><i>Scotia</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Jun: <a href="/wiki/RMS_Carinthia_(1925)" title="RMS Carinthia (1925)">HMS <i>Carinthia</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Acasta_(H09)" title="HMS Acasta (H09)">HMS <i>Acasta</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ardent_(H41)" title="HMS Ardent (H41)">HMS <i>Ardent</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Glorious" title="HMS Glorious">HMS <i>Glorious</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMT_Juniper" title="HMT Juniper">HMT <i>Juniper</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Jun: <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Bali_(ID-2483)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Bali (ID-2483)">Max Wolf</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/HMY_Alexandra" title="HMY Alexandra">Prins Olav</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Italian_auxiliary_ship_Olterra" title="Italian auxiliary ship Olterra"><i>Olterra</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">11 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Bruges_(1920)" title="SS Bruges (1920)"><i>Bruges</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Calypso_(D61)" title="HMS Calypso (D61)">HMS <i>Calypso</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Himalaya_(1854)" title="HMS Himalaya (1854)"><i>C 60</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">13 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HNLMS_O_13" title="HNLMS O 13">HNLMS <i>O 13</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Odin_(N84)" title="HMS Odin (N84)">HMS <i>Odin</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Train_Ferry_No._2" title="SS Train Ferry No. 2"><i>Train Ferry No. 2</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">15 Jun: <a href="/wiki/RMS_Andania_(1921)" title="RMS Andania (1921)">HMS <i>Andania</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Grampus_(N56)" title="HMS Grampus (N56)">HMS <i>Grampus</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Rastrello" title="SS Rastrello"><i>Rastrello</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Champlain" title="SS Champlain"><i>Champlain</i></a>, HMS <a href="/wiki/RMS_Lancastria" title="RMS Lancastria"><i>Lancastria</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Traffic_(1911)" title="SS Traffic (1911)">Ingénieur Riebell</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Jun: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Achille" title="French submarine Achille"><i>Achille</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Agosta_(Q178)" title="French submarine Agosta (Q178)"><i>Agosta</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Richelieu-class_battleship#Clemenceau_and_Gascogne" title="Richelieu-class battleship"><i>Clemenceau</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Cyclone_(1925)" title="French destroyer Cyclone (1925)"><i>Cyclone</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Dordogne" title="SS Dordogne"><i>Dordogne</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_trawler_V_422_Kergroise" title="German trawler V 422 Kergroise"><i>Kergroise</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Ouessant_(Q180)" title="French submarine Ouessant (Q180)"><i>Ouessant</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Pasteur" title="French submarine Pasteur"><i>Pasteur</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Mexique" title="SS Mexique"><i>Mexique</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/RMS_Niagara" title="RMS Niagara"><i>Niagara</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Orpheus_(N46)" title="HMS Orpheus (N46)">HMS <i>Orpheus</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">20 Jun: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Conveyor" title="SS Empire Conveyor"><i>Empire Conveyor</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Jun: <i><a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Hertog_Hendrik" title="HNLMS Hertog Hendrik">Vliereede</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Khartoum_(F45)" title="HMS Khartoum (F45)">HMS <i>Khartoum</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Crescent_(1931)" title="HMS Crescent (1931)">HMCS <i>Fraser</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Italian_submarine_Console_Generale_Liuzzi" title="Italian submarine Console Generale Liuzzi"><i>Console Generale Liuzzi</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Jun: <a href="/wiki/Italian_submarine_Uebi_Scebeli" title="Italian submarine Uebi Scebeli"><i>Uebi Scebeli</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-122_(1939)" title="German submarine U-122 (1939)"><i>U-122</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">9 Jun: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Goodleigh_(1928)" title="SS Goodleigh (1928)">Empire Commerce</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Jun: <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_Teodo" title="SMS Teodo">Barbana G</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/MV_Empire_Baron" title="MV Empire Baron">Monte Piana </a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Jun: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Calcutta_(D82)" title="HMS Calcutta (D82)">HMS <i>Calcutta</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/SS_Mari_Chandris" title="SS Mari Chandris"><i>Mari Chandris</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td 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