United Kingdom – (1943-47): 26 (32) completed: Gpe 1: HMS Barfleur, Trafalgar, St. Kitts, Armada, Solebay, Saintes, Camperdown, Finisterre, Hogue, Lagos; HMS Gabbard, Gravelines, Sluys, Cadiz, St. James, Vigo Gpe 2: HMS Agincourt, Alamein, Aisne, Albuera, Barrosa, Matapan, Corunna, Oudenarde*, River Plate*, Dunkirk, Malplaquet, Belle Isle*, Omdurman*, Mons*, Navarino*, San Domingo* Gpe 3: HMS Jutland, … Read more
Royal Navy – Ca-, Ch-, Co- and Cr- groups: 32 destroyer 1943-45 There are two “C” class destroyers in British Royal Navy service in WW2 confusingly enough, the ones from 1931 (grouped into the “C-D” group as they were very similar) and the ones of 1943, that many sources calls the “Ca-, Ch-, Co-, Cr-” … Read more
UK, Royal Navy: 33 (on 86 Hunt total) Escort DDs. The Hunt Type 2 (Eridge class) were 33 destroyers launched 1940-43. These escort destroyer of the Royal Navy were named after hunting grounds. The previous Type 1 were ordered on 1939 to free regular destroyer for fleet work. After the gross stability issues of the … Read more
Royal Navy – Emergency Fleet Destroyer (1942-43): W class: Wager, Wakeful, Wessex, Whelp, Whirlwind, Wizard, wrangler, Kempenfelt* Z class: Zephyr, Zambesi, Zealous, Zebra, Zenith, Zest, Zodiac, Myngs* The W and Z class were sixteen destroyers of the RN, launched in 1943–1944 for the 9th and 10th Emergency Flotilla and acting as fleet/convoy escorts as repeats … Read more
Royal Navy – Emergency Fleet Destroyer (1942-43): U class: Ulster, Ulysses, Undaunted, Undine, Urania, Urchin, Ursa, Hardy* V class: Valentine, Venus, Verulam, Vigilant, virago, Viwen, Volage, Kempenfelt* The U and V class were sixteen destroyers of the RN, launched in 1943–1944 for the 7th and 8th Emergency Flotilla. They acted as fleet and convoy escorts … Read more
United Kingdom – Emergency Fleet Destroyer (1942-43): S class: Saumarez, Savage, Scorpion, Scourge, Serapis, Shark, Success, Swift T class: Teazer, Tenacious, Termagant, Terpsichore, Troubridge, Tumult, Tuscan, Tyrian The S and T class were sixteen destroyers of the RN launched in 1942–1943 for the 5th and 6th Emergency Flotilla, fleet and convoy escorts in World War … Read more
Royal Navy Emergency Destroyer (built 1940-42) Q class: Queenborough, Quadrant, Quail, Quality, Quentin, Quiberon, Quickmatch, Quilliam R class: Rotherham, Racehorse, Raider, Rapid, Redoubt, Relentless, Rocket, Roebuck HMS Rapid (H53), standard War Emergency Programme, 4th flotilla. In a nutshell, Q and R were sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered by the Royal Navy as the 3rd … Read more
Royal Navy (1940-42) O class: Onslow, Offa, Onslaught, Oribi, Obdurate, Obedient, Opportune, Orwell P class: Pakenham, Paladin, Panther, Partridge, Pathfinder, Penn, Petard, Porcupine menu The O and P class were wartime destroyers of the British Royal Navy ordered in 1939, and first ships in the War Emergency Programme. The O was the first, and the … Read more
Royal Navy (24 built 1937-41) L class: Laforey*, Lance, Gurkha (ex-Larne), Lively, Legion, Lightning, Lookout, Loyal M class: Milne, Mahratta (ex-Marksman), Musketeer, Myrmidon, Matchless, Meteor, Marne, Martin The L and M class were sixteen destroyers of the British Royal Navy, launched between 1939 and 1942. The L class, also referred as Laforey class due to … Read more
UK Royal Navy: 23 (86 total) ships. The Hunt class were escort destroyer of the Royal Navy, with first vessels ordered early in 1939 specifically to taking on escort roles and free resgular destroyer for fleet work. The very first serie, seen here, was a famous design disaster in which stablilitary calculations proved totally wrong. … Read more
