Technical information
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 1375 BRT |
Length | 329 feet |
Complement | 145 men |
Armament | 4 4.7" guns (4x1) 2 2pdr AA (2x1) 8 21" torpedo tubes (2x4) |
Max speed | 36 knots |
Engines | Geared turbines, 2 shafts |
Power | 36000 HP |
Notes on class | The specifications as listed above are for the 'normal' D-class destroyers. HMS Duncan was fitted as flotilla leader and had some different specifications; Displacement: 1400 BRT Complement: 175 men. Despite the fact that the Admiralty recognised that the 'standard' British destroyer design looks very week, compared to the larger U.S., French and even Japanese destroyers, they decided to retain the 4.7" gun as main armament. The D-class destroyers were repeat C-class destroyers with only minor modifications. |
Royal Canadian Navy ships of the D class
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HMCS Kootenay (H 75) | ||
HMCS Margaree (H 49) (ex. HMS Diana) | Lost on 22 Oct 1940 | |
Full wartime service history on this vessel. |
D class ships hit by U-boats (1) | |||
18 Feb 1940 | HMS Daring | Sunk | U-23 |
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 |