Editing HMS Inglefield (section)

{{short description|Destroyer of the Royal Navy}}

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{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=[[File:HMS Inglefield (D02).jpg|300px|HMS Inglefield]]
|Ship caption=HMS ''Inglefield'', with HMS ''Hood'' in the background
}}
{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship country=United Kingdom
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}
|Ship name=''Inglefield''
|Ship namesake=[[Edward Augustus Inglefield|Admiral Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield]]
|Ship ordered=14 November 1935
|Ship builder=[[Cammell Laird]], [[Birkenhead]]
|Ship original cost=
|Ship laid down= 29 April 1936
|Ship launched= 15 October 1936
|Ship sponsor=
|Ship christened=
|Ship completed=
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned=  25 June 1937
|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]]: D02/I02
|Ship motto=''The sun my compass''
|Ship nickname=
|Ship honours=*Atlantic 1939-43, North Sea 1940,
*Norway 1940–42, Bismarck (Action) 1941,
*Malta Convoys 1942, Arctic 1942–43,
*Sicily 1943, Salerno 1943
*Mediterranean 1944, Anzio 1944
|Ship captured=
|Ship fate= Sunk by German [[Hs 293]] glide bomb, 25 February 1944
|Ship notes=
|Ship badge=*On a Field White, a double headed eagle displayed per pale Blue and Red
*(From the crest of Admiral Inglefield)
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption=(as built)
|Ship class={{sclass2|I|destroyer}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1544|LT|t}} ([[Standard displacement|standard]])
*{{convert|2081|LT|t}} ([[deep load]])
|Ship length={{convert|330|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} ([[o/a]])
|Ship beam={{convert|34|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|12|ft|6|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=*3 [[Admiralty 3-drum boiler]]s
*{{cvt|38000|shp|lk=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 shafts; 2 geared [[steam turbine]]s
|Ship speed={{convert|36|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|5500|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}}
|Ship complement=175
|Ship sensors=[[ASDIC]]
|Ship armament=*5 × single [[4.7 inch QF Mark IX|4.7 in (120&nbsp;mm) guns]]
*2 × quadruple [[Vickers .50 machine gun|{{cvt|0.5|in|1}}]] [[machine guns]]
*2 × quintuple [[British 21 inch torpedo|21 in (533 mm)]] [[torpedo tubes]]
*16 × [[depth charge]]s, 1 rail and 2 throwers
|Ship notes=
}}
{{Infobox service record
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|operations=*[[Battle of Greece]] (1941)
*[[Last battle of the battleship Bismarck|Destruction of ''Bismarck'']] (1941)
*[[Operation Shingle]] (1944)
|victories=Sank {{GS|U-45|1938|2}} (1939) and {{GS|U-63|1939|2}} (1940)
|awards=
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'''HMS ''Inglefield''''' was an {{sclass2|I|destroyer|1}} [[flotilla leader|leader]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] that served during [[World War II]]. She was the navy's last purpose-built [[flotilla leader]]. She was named after the 19th century [[Admiral]] [[Edward Augustus Inglefield|Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield]] (1820–1894), and is so far the only warship to carry the name of that seafaring family. In May 1940, her [[pennant number]] was changed to '''I02'''.