Editing HMS Impulsive

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

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|Ship country=United Kingdom
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|Ship name=''Impulsive''
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|Ship builder=[[J. Samuel White and Company]], [[Cowes]]
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|Ship laid down= March 1936
|Ship launched= 1 March 1937
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|Ship commissioned= 29 January 1938
|Ship identification=[[Pennant number]]: D11
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|Ship fate= [[ship breaking|Scrapped]], 1946
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|Ship class={{sclass2|I|destroyer}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|1370|LT|t|lk=on}} ([[Standard displacement|standard]])
*{{convert|1888|LT|t}} ([[deep load]])
|Ship length={{convert|323|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|33|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|34000|shp|lk=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 shafts, 2 geared [[steam turbine]]s
|Ship speed={{convert|35.5|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|5500|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}}
|Ship complement=145
|Ship sensors=[[ASDIC]]
|Ship armament=*4 × single [[4.7 inch QF Mark IX|4.7 in (120&nbsp;mm) guns]]
*2 × quadruple [[Vickers .50 machine gun|{{convert|0.5|in|mm|adj=on|1}} machine guns]]
*2 × quintuple [[British 21-inch torpedo|21 in (533&nbsp;mm)]] [[torpedo tubes]]
*1 × rack and 2 throwers for 16 [[depth charge]]s
*60 [[naval mine|mines]]
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|commanders= Lt. Cmdr. William Scott Thomas
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|victories=Sank [[German submarine U-457|''U-457'']] (1942)
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'''HMS ''Impulsive''''' was an {{sclass2|I|destroyer}} built for the [[Royal Navy]] during the 1930s. She saw service in [[World War II]] before being scrapped in 1946. She has been the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.

==Description==
The I-class ships were improved versions of the preceding [[G and H-class destroyer|H-class]]. They displaced {{convert|1370|LT|t|lk=on}} at [[Displacement (ship)|standard]] load and {{convert|1888|LT|t}} at [[deep load]]. The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|323|ft|m|1}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|33|ft|m|1}} and a [[draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|12|ft|6|in|m|1}}. They were powered by two [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] geared [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[propeller shaft]], using steam provided by three [[Admiralty three-drum boiler]]s. The turbines developed a total of {{convert|34000|shp|lk=on}} and were intended to give a maximum speed of {{convert|35.5|kn|lk=in}}.<ref name=l6/> ''Impulsive'' only reached a speed of {{convert|32.2|kn}} from {{cvt|33297|shp}} during her [[sea trial]]s.<ref>March, p. 315</ref> The ships carried enough [[fuel oil]] to give them a range of {{convert|5500|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}. Their crew numbered 145 officers and [[Naval rating|ratings]].<ref name=l6>Lenton, p. 161</ref>

The ships mounted four [[4.7 inch QF Mark XII|4.7-inch (120&nbsp;mm) Mark IX guns]] in single mounts, designated 'A', 'B', 'X' and 'Y' from [[bow (ship)|bow]] to [[stern]]. For [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] (AA) defence, they had two quadruple mounts for the [[Vickers .50 machine gun|0.5&nbsp;inch Vickers Mark III]] [[machine gun]]. The I class was fitted with two above-water quintuple torpedo tube mounts for [[British 21 inch torpedo|{{convert|21|in|adj=on|0}}]] torpedoes.<ref>Whitley, p. 111</ref> One [[depth charge]] rack and two throwers were fitted; 16 depth charges were originally carried,<ref name=l6/> but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began.<ref>English, p. 141</ref> ''Impulsive'' was one of the four I-class destroyers fitted with minelaying equipment in late 1938 – January 1939 at [[Malta]]. This consisted of mounts for rails on the deck on which to carry the mines and an electric winch to move the mines down the rails. A pair of [[sponson]]s were added to the stern to allow the mines to clear the propellers when dropped into the sea. 'A' and 'Y' guns and both sets of torpedo tubes were modified to allow them to be removed to compensate for the weight of the mines.<ref>Smith, pp. 112–113</ref> The ships could carry a maximum of 72 mines.<ref>Friedman, p. 230</ref> The I-class ships were fitted with the [[ASDIC]] sound detection system to locate submarines underwater.<ref>Hodges & Friedman, p. 16</ref>

==Construction and career==
''Impulsive'' was [[laid down]] on 9 March 1936 by [[J. Samuel White and Company]] at their [[Cowes]] shipyard, [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 1 March 1937 and completed on 29 January 1938. 28 and 29 May 1940 she made four trips to Dunkirk and rescued 2,919 troops. After that, she laid mines and escorted [[Arctic convoys]]. On 13 May 1941 she rescued 278 survivors from the [[Armed merchantman#Armed merchant cruisers|armed merchant cruiser]] {{HMS|Salopian|F94|6}}.<ref>{{cite web |last=Helgason |first=Guðmundur |title=HMS Salopian (F 94) |url= https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/922.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref> ''Impulsive'' attacked and sank the {{GS|U-457||6}} in the [[Barents Sea]] north-east of [[Murmansk]] in Russia on 16 September 1942. The destroyer's commander was William Scott Thomas, grandfather of actress [[Kristin Scott Thomas]] and the father of [[Richard Thomas (Royal Navy officer)|Admiral Sir Richard Thomas]] (a former [[Black Rod]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/principal/black-rod/|title=Black Rod}}</ref>

''Impulsive'' was sold for scrap to W. H. Arnott, Young and Company, Limited on 22 January 1946 and broken up at [[Sunderland]].

==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
* {{cite book|last=English|first=John|title=Amazon to Ivanhoe: British Standard Destroyers of the 1930s|year=1993|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Kendal, England|isbn=0-905617-64-9}}
* {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|date=2006|isbn=1-86176-137-6|author-link=Norman Friedman}}
* {{cite book|last=Haarr|first=Geirr H.|title=The Battle for Norway: April–June 1940|year=2010|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, MD|isbn=978-1-59114-051-1}}
* {{cite book|last=Haarr|first=Geirr H.|title=The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940|year=2009|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=978-1-59114-310-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/germaninvasionof00geir}}
* {{cite book |last=Hodges |first=Peter |author2=Friedman, Norman |title=Destroyer Weapons of World War 2 |year=1979 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |location=Greenwich |isbn=978-0-85177-137-3|name-list-style=amp }}
* {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|authorlink=Henry Trevor Lenton|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-048-7}}
* {{cite book|last=March|first=Edgar J.|title=British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans|year=1966|publisher=Seeley Service|location=London |OCLC=164893555}}
* {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2|author-link=Jürgen Rohwer}}
* {{cite book|last=Smith|first=Peter C.|title=Into the Minefields: British Destroyer Minelaying 1918–1980|publisher=Pen & Sword Books|location=Barnsley, UK|year=2005|isbn=1-84415-271-5}}
* {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland|author-link=Michael J. Whitley}}
* {{cite book|last=Winser|first=John de D.|title=B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Gravesend, Kent|date=1999|isbn=0-905617-91-6}}

{{I class destroyer}}

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[[Category:I-class destroyers of the Royal Navy]]
[[Category:Ships built on the Isle of Wight]]
[[Category:1937 ships]]
[[Category:World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom]]