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The wreck of the K class destroyer HMS Kingston in #4 dock, Malta
22 March 1942
11 April 1942
The wreck of the K class destroyer HMS Kingston in #4 dock, Malta
22 March 1942
One Direct Hit 15 inch direct action fuzed Shell
KINGSTON, while engaging an enemy force of a battleship and cruisers in the Mediterranean, sustained a direct hit from a shell. The pom-pom and oerlikon structures and the upper deck in the vicinity of the burst were severely damaged. A fire was started in the engine room but it was later extinguished.
Fighting Efficiency - Seriously impaired.
23 March 1942The vessel was able to steam with one boiler at 16 knots.
Number unknown size and type unknown Bombs
KINGSTON was damaged during an air raid on Malta whilst undergoing temporary repairs to damage received on 22nd March, 1942.
5 April 1942No details available. [at least to the analyst in 1952]
Near Miss Bombs
KINGSTON, while at Malta Dockyard undergoing temporary repairs to damage received on 22nd March, 1942, was further damaged during an air raid. Many near misses caused splinter damage to the hull and upperworks.
Up until this point, the Time out of Action has been "Indeterminate" and refers you to the other three times she was hit.Fighting Efficiency - Not impaired.
11 April 1942
Bomb
KINGSTON while under repair in No.4 dock at Malta Dockyard received further damage during an air raid. The ship broke in two and turned on her beam ends. The dock was seriously damaged and flooded and it was proposed that when repaired it should be pumped dry and KINGSTON broken up.
Survived a 15” shell hit, only to be destroyed while under repair and her captain killed leading men to the air-raid shelter