Allied Warships

Destroyers

K class

1 ship

Technical information

TypeDestroyer
Displacement934 BRT 
Length80.5m 
Complement142 men 
Armament3 4" guns
2 47mm
4 18" torpedo tubes 
Max speed31 knots
Power22500 HP 
Notes on class 

Brazilian Navy Brazilian Navy ships of the K class

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Maranhao (CT 12)


1 Destroyer of the K class.

See all Brazilian Navy 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
A Home on the Rolling Main, A G F Ditcham, 2013
All the Gallant Men, Donald Stratton, 2016
Arctic Convoy PQ8, Michael Wadsworth, 2010
The Battle of Tassafaronga, Russell Syndnor Crenshaw, 2010
Battlestations, Veronico, Nicholas A., 2001
Blood on the Sea, Parkin, Robert Sinclair, 1996
British destroyers & frigates, Norman Friedman, 2006
British Destroyers 1892 to 1953, March, Edgar J, 2003
Cadillac of Destroyers, Barrie, Ron and Macpherson, Ken, 1996
Cape Hatteras, Lloyd, Keith Warren, 2008
The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War, Collingwood, Donald, 1999
Capturing Enigma, Harper, Stephen, 2000 (transl.)
The Court-Martial of Ensign Mason, Nash, Edgar M., 2001
Deadly Seas, Bercuson, David Jay and Herwig, Holger H., 1997 (transl.)



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