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| Title | Written | Posted | Deleted |
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| British destroyers of WWII | Feb 2017 | - | - |
| German destroyers of WWII | Feb 2017 | - | - |
British destroyers of WWII[edit]
The RN's destroyers at the outbreak of WWII were those vessels developed and built in the inter-war years, based on the experience of WWI and the restrictions of the inter-war naval treaties.
Classes[edit]
- Inter-war standard classes
- Ambuscade type — 1 ship, 1926, Yarrow prototype of new design.
- Amazon type — 1 ship, 1926, Thornycroft prototype of new design.
- A class — 9 ships, 1928–1931
- B class — 9 ships, 1929–1931
- C class — 5 ships, 1930–1934
- D class — 9 ships, 1931–1933
- E class — 9 ships, 1933–1934
- F class — 9 ships, 1933–1935
- G class — 9 ships, 1934–1936
- H class — 9 ships, 1935–1937
- I class — 9 ships, 1936–1937
- Tribal class — 27 ships, 1936–1944
- J, K and N class — 24 ships, 1938–1941
- L and M class — 16 ships, 1939–42
- World War II War Emergency Programme classes
- O and P class — 16 ships, 1941–1942
- Q and R class — 16 ships, 1941–1942
- S and T class — 16 ships, 1942–1943
- U and V class — 16 ships, 1942–1943
- W and Z class — 16 ships, 1943–1944
- C class — 32 ships, (8 Ca-, 8 Ch-, 8 Co-, 8 Cr-), 1943–1945
- Battle class — 23 ships (16 Group I, 7 Group II), 1943–1946
- Weapon class — 4 ships, 1945–1946
- Foreign purchases and transfers
- ex-Brazilian H class — 6 ships, 1938–1940, ex-Brazilian purchases
- ex-Turkish I class — 2 ships, 1939–1941, ex-Turkish purchases
- Town class — 50 ships from three classes of United States Navy destroyers, built 1917–1920, transferred 1940
- Escort destroyers
- Hunt class — 83 ships (20 Type I, 33 Type II, 28 Type III, 2 Type IV), 1939–1942, "escort destroyers"
- Post-war all-gun design
- Daring class — 8 ships, 1949–1952
References[edit]
- Cocker, M : Destroyers of the Royal Navy: 1893 to the Present Day (2011) ISBN 9780752461595
- R Gardiner, R Gray : Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1922–1946 (1980) ISBN 0-85177-146-7
- Whitley, MH : Destroyers of World War Two (1988) ISBN 1-85409-521-8
German destroyers and torpedo boats of WWII[edit]
German destroyers and torpedo boats at the outbreak of the Second World War were those vessels built during Nazi Germany's programme of re-armament.
Classes: Torpedo boats[edit]
Classes: Destroyers[edit]
References[edit]
- Gardiner R, Chesnau R : Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 (1980) ISBN 0-85177-146-7
- Erich Groner : German Warships 1815-1945 Vol 1 (1982) ISBN 0-85177-533-0
- [[:Category:World War II torpedo boats of Germany
- [[:Category:Torpedo boats of the Kriegsmarine
- [[:Category:World War II destroyers of Germany
- [[:Category:World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom