Destroyers

Admiralty S class

11 ships

The Admiralty S class destroyer HMS Shikari.

Type	Destroyer
Displacement	905 BRT
Length
Complement	90 men
Armament	3 4" guns (3x1) 1 2pdr AA gun 4 21" torpedo tubes (2x2) Stronghold, Sturdy and Thracian; 2 4" guns (2x1) 1 2pdr AA gun 4 21" torpedo tubes (2x2) mines.
Max speed	36 knots
Engines	Geared turbines, 2 shafts
Power	27000 HP
Notes on class	These ships were completely outclassed by modern ships at the start of WW2. Stronghold, Sturdy and Thracian were fitted as minelayers. Thanet, Tenedos, Scout, Stronghold, Thracian and Sturdy sailed for the Far East in 1939 to form local defence flottilas at Hong Kong and Singapore. When the Second World War broke out Sturdy was on passage in the Mediterranean and was detained there. She returned home after the fall of France.

All ships of the Admiralty S class:

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HMS Sabre (H 18)
HMS Saladin (H 54)
HMS Sardonyx (H 26)
HMS Scimitar (H 21)
HMS Scout (H 51)
HMS Shikari (D 85)
HMS Stronghold (H 50) (lost 2 Mar 1942)
HMS Sturdy (i) (H 28) (lost 30 Oct 1940)
HMS Tenedos (H 04) (lost 5 Apr 1942)
HMS Thanet (H 29) (lost 27 Jan 1942)
HMS Thracian (D 86) (lost Dec 1941)

5 destroyers of the Admiralty S class lost.