Royal Navy (24 built 1937-41) J class: Jackal, Jaguar, Janus, Javelin, Jersey, Jervis, Juno, Jupiter K class: Kandahar, Kashmir, Kelly, Kelvin, Khartoum, Kimberley, Kingston, Kipling N class: Napier, Nepal, Nestor, Nizam, Noble, Nerissa, Nonpareil, Norman The J, K and N class constituted a group of 24 destroyers built for the Royal Navy from 1938. Following … Read more
Royal Navy (built 1936-39) British Tribals: Afridi, Ashanti, Bedouin, Cossack, Eskimo, Gurkha, Maori, Mashona, Matabele, Mohawk, Nubian, Sikh, Somali, Tartar, Zulu Canadian Tribals: Iroquois, Athabaskan, Huron, Haida, Micmac, Nootka, Cayuga, Athabaskan (II) Australian Tribals: Arunta, Warramunga, Bataan Before and during WW2, the ‘Tribals’ (named after peoples of the British Empire and beyond) were one of … Read more
Royal Navy (1936-38) I class: Icarus, Ilex, Imogen, Imperial, Impulsive, Inglefield, Intrepid, Isis, Ivanhoe, Inconstant*, Ithuriel*. The I-class destroyers were nine ships including a flotilla leader all built 1936-37. Four similar were ordered by the Turkish Navy, two were repurchased for the Royal Navy, giving 11 in class, 10 after an early loss. They incorporated … Read more
Royal Navy (1930-34) G class: Gallant, Garland, Gipsy, Glowworm, Grafton, Grenade, Grenville*, Greyhound, Griffin H class: Hardy, Hasty, Havock, Hereward, Hero, Hostile, Hotspur, Hunter, Hyperion Havant class: Harvester, Havant, Havelock, Hesperus, Highlander, Hurricane The G- and H-class were 18 British Royal Navy destroyers built from 1934 (24 by adding the 6 supplementary Brazilian ships, all … Read more
Royal Navy (1930-34) E class: Echo, Eclipse, Electra, Encounter, Escapade, Escort, Esk, Express E Flotilla Leader: HMS Exmouth F class: Fame, Fearless, Firedrake, Forester, Foresight, Fortune, Foxhound, Fury F Flotilla Leader: HMS Faulknor The E and F class destroyers were a next step in destroyer design, with modest improvements over the C/D class but near-repeats … Read more
Royal Navy (1930-34) C class: HMS Comet, Crusader, Cygnet, Crescent (To Canada) C class Leader: HMS Kempenfelt D-class: HMS Dainty, Daring, Decoy, Defender, Delight, Diamond, Diana, Duchess D-class leader: HMS Duncan The C and D class were 14 destroyers built for the Royal Navy and a repeat of the 1926 A-B designs, albeit enlarged and … Read more
Royal Navy (1928-31) A class: HMS Acasta, Achates, Active, Antelope, Anthony, Ardent, Arrow, Acheron Canadian A class: HMCS Saguenay, Skeena A class Leader: HMS Codrington B-class: HMS Basilisk, Beagle, Blanche, Boadicea, Boreas, Brazen, Brilliant, Bulldog B-class leader: HMS Keith The first interwar British Royal Navy destroyers were the A and B classes, identical and built … Read more
UK Royal Navy (1916-1945) 1916 program: HMS Scott, Bruce, Douglas, Campbell, MackKay, Malcolm, Montrose, Stuart (Built 1916-1920). Second part on the late British WWI flotilla Leaders. The Admiralty type (Scott class) were the second flotilla leaders built almost alongside the Shakespare class or “Thornycroft type” proposed by the latter company. They were the fastest and … Read more
UK Royal Navy (1916-1945) 1916 program: HMS Shakespeare, Spenser, Wallace, Keppel, Rooke, Saunders*, Stragge* (Built 1916-1920). The Shakespeare or “Thornycroft Type” were Flotilla leaders which type was developed already in 1913, after acknowledging the failure of HMS Swift as an in-between cruisers and destroyers. Thus by October 1913 the admiralty worked on a new design, … Read more
