HMS Imogen (D44)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Built By: | R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne, England |
| Laid down: | 18 January 1936 |
| Launched: | 30 October 1936 |
| Commissioned: | 2 June 1937 |
| Paid off: | |
| Fate: | Sunk by collision 16 July 1940 |
| Penant: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,340 tons (except Inglefield 1456 tons) (standard) 1,980 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 323 ft (98 m) (except Inglefield 337 ft) |
| Beam: | 33 ft |
| Draught: | 12 ft 5 inch (13 ft 4 inch full load) |
| Propulsion: | Parsons geared turbines, 2 shafts, 3 boilers, 34,000 hp (30 MW) |
| Speed: | 36 knots (70 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 145 |
| Armament: | four (Inglefield 5) 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns eight 0.5 inch (13 mm) AA machine guns 10 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, (2 x5) (8 torpedo tubes in ex "Turkish" ships) 45 depth charges. |
| Armour: | |
| Aircraft: | none |
| Source: | Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946 |
HMS Imogen (D44) was a British Royal Navy I-class destroyer that served during World War II.
Imogen attacked and sank the enemy German submarines U-42 south-west of Ireland on 13 October 1939 in company with the destroyer Ilex, and U-63 in the North Sea while in company with the destroyer Inglefield and the submarine Narwhal on 25 February 1940. She collided with the cruiser Glasgow and sank off Pentland Firth on 16 July 1940.
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