HMS Kempenfelt explained

Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kempenfelt, after rear-admiral Richard Kempenfelt:

• was a flotilla leader launched in 1915 and sold for scrapping in 1921.
• was a C-class destroyer launched in 1931. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1939 and renamed . She was wrecked in 1945, and the hulk was sold in 1952.
• was a W-class destroyer initially named HMS Valentine. She was launched in 1943, sold to the Yugoslav Navy in 1956, where she was named Kotor. She was withdrawn from service in 1971.
• HMS Kempenfelt was the proposed name for the V-class destroyer HMS Valentine, but she was renamed prior to her launch.