Kingfisher Class Sloop
As designed
Kingfisher group;
• 1 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark V L/45 gun, mount P Mk.I
• Depth charges
Kittiwake group;
• 1 × QF 4 in Mark V L/45 gun, mount HA Mk.III
• Depth charges
Shearwater group;
• 1 × QF 4 in Mark V L/45 gun, mount HA Mk.III
• 4 × 0.5-inch (12.7-mm) Mark III Vickers machine guns, quad mount HA Mk.III
The Kingfisher class was a class of nine patrol sloops of the British Royal Navy built in three groups of three each during the 1930s, that saw service during World War II.
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