Destroyers

H class

10 ships

The H class destroyer HMS Hunter. She was lost on 10 Apr 1940.

Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1340 BRT
Length	323 feet (oa)
Complement	145 men
Armament	4 4.7" guns (4x1) 2 .5" AA (2x4) 8 21" torpedo tubes (2x4)
Max speed	36 knots
Engines	Geared turbines, 2 shafts
Power	34000 HP
Notes on class	The specifications as listed above are for the 'normal' H-class destroyers. HMS Hardy was fitted as flotilla leader and had some different specifications; Displacement: 1455 BRT Complement: 175 men Lenght: 337 feet (oa) Armament: 5 4.7" guns (5x1) 8 .5" AA (2x4) 8 21" torpedo tubes (2x4) Speed: 36 knots Power: 38000 HP HMS Hardy was a basicly a repeat Grenville with a tripod foremast. The H-class destroyers were repeat of the G-class. HMS Hero and HMS Hereward were fitted with a new style of bridge. Upon completion Hereward was fitted with an experimental twin 4.7" gun mounting in 'B'-position. This gumounting was replaced by two single 4.7" guns, like in her sister ships, before the war.

All ships of the H class:

Royal Canadian Navy (more on Royal Canadian Navy)

Royal Navy (more on Royal Navy)

HMS Hasty (H 24) (lost 15 Jun 1942)
HMS Havock (H 43) (lost 6 Apr 1942)
HMS Hereward (H 93) (lost 29 May 1941)
HMS Hero (H 99) (Became the Canadian destroyer Chaudiere)
HMS Hostile (H 55) (lost 23 Aug 1940)
HMS Hotspur (H 01)
HMS Hunter (H 35) (lost 10 Apr 1940)
HMS Hyperion (H 97) (lost 22 Dec 1940)