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HMS ''Gurkha'' was an L-class destroyer in Britain's Royal Navy during World War II. She was originally to be named ''Larne'' in line with her class letter. However after the was sunk in April 1940 the officers and men of the Gurkha Regiments each subscribed one day's pay to replace her and ''Larne'' was renamed before launching. Her only commanding officer (Commander C N Lentaigne) was brother of Joe Lentaigne who was an officer in the 4th (Prince of Wales' Own) Gurkhas. ==Construction and design== On 31 March 1938 an order was placed with Cammell Laird for ''Larne'', one of eight L-class destroyers ordered that day and was laid down on 18 October 1938, the first of her class.〔English 2001, p. 100.〕 In April 1940, the Tribal-class destroyer was sunk off Norway, and in June it was decided to rename ''Larne'' as ''Gurkha'' to continue the relationship between the ship and the Gurkha Regiment. She was launched on 8 July 1940〔 by Mary, daughter of Winston Churchill. The L-class was intended to have a main gun armament of six QF 4.7 inch Mark XI guns in three enclosed twin Mark XX mounts, but delays in production of the new gun mount resulted in the July 1940 decision to complete four of the class, including ''Gurkha'', with a revised main gun armament of eight QF 4 inch (102 mm) Mk XVI naval guns in four twin mounts.〔〔Whitley 2000, p. 122.〕 Close-in anti-aircraft armament consisted of a single quadruple 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-pom", two single 20 mm cannon and two quadruple Vickers .50 machine gun mounts. Eight 21 inch torpedo tubes were carried in two quadruple mounts.〔Lenton 1970, pp. 128–129.〕 110 depth charges were carried.〔〔Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 41.〕 ''Gurkha'' reached a speed of on sea trials and was completed on 18 February 1941.〔English 2001, pp. 100–101.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Gurkha (G63)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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