Technical information
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 2325 BRT |
Length | 379 feet |
Complement | 240+ men |
Armament | As designed; 4 4.5" guns (2x2) 1 4" AA gun 8 40mm AA (4x2) 6 20mm AA (2x2, 2x1) 10 21" torpedo tubes (2x5) |
Max speed | 36 knots |
Engines | Geared turbines, 2 shafts |
Power | 50000 HP |
Notes on class | There were another 23 destroyers often referred to as the "2nd Group" ordered of this class but none was completed before end of the Second World War so these are not included here. 15 of those 2nd Group ships were cancelled before completion in 1947 and scrapped on the slipways. |
All ships of the Battle class
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HMAS Anzac | ||
HMAS Tobruk | ||
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HMS Armada (R 14) | ||
HMS Barfleur (R 80) | ||
HMS Cadiz (R 09) | ||
HMS Camperdown (R 32) | ||
HMS Finisterre (R 55) | ||
HMS Gabbard (R 47) | ||
HMS Gravelines (R 24) | ||
HMS Hogue (R 74) | ||
HMS Lagos (R 44) | ||
HMS Saintes (R 84) | ||
HMS Sluys (R 60) | ||
HMS Solebay (R 70) | ||
HMS St. James (R 65) | ||
HMS St. Kitts (R 18) | ||
HMS Trafalgar (R 77) | ||
HMS Vigo (R 31) | ||
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See all Destroyer classes.
The last stand of the tin can sailors Hornfischer, James D. |
Books dealing with this subject include:
200,000 Miles Aboard the Destroyer Cotten, Robinson, C. Snelling, 1999 |