HMS Kashmir (F12)

HMS Kashmir was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Thornycroft in Southampton in October 1937, launched on 4 April 1939 and commissioned on 26 October 1939.

In company with the destroyers HMS Kingston (F64) and HMS Icarus (D03), Kashmir attacked the German submarine GS U-35 (1936) in the North Sea on 29 November 1939, forcing the U-boat to scuttle.

Kashmir was bombed and sunk on 23 May 1941 by German Stuka dive bombers south of Crete in position 34.66667°N, 24.16667°W.