Flotilla Leader of B-Class Destroyers ordered from Vickers Armstrong at Barrow under the 1928 Programme on 22nd March 1929-She was laid down on 1st October 1929 as Yard No. A destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or battle group and defend them against smaller, more powerful, short-range attackers. [21] Keith was 40 long tons (41 t) heavier than the private ships at standard load and nearly 100 long tons (100 t) heavier at full load (1,400 long tons (1,400 t) and 1,821 long tons (1,850 t), respectively) and carried 19 additional officers and ratings. The Arab was ordered as one of three 33-knot ‘specials’ in the 1896-7 programme. DESTROYER, an unarmoured warship of approximately i,000 to 1,400 tons, very fast, with a powerful torpedo armament and a few medium calibre guns (usually 4" or 4.7"). [9] By October, all of the surviving A-class ships plus Beagle, Boadicea, Boreas and Brilliant had been modified and the rest of the Bs had received theirs by April 1941. The A and B-class destroyers were a group of 18 destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s, with two additional ships built for the Royal Canadian Navy. [6], The destroyers were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three water-tube boilers equipped with superheaters. The Akizuki Class is intended to escort the Hyuga class and Izumo class helicopter The Chacal - class destroyer sometimes known as the Jaguar class were a group of six large destroyers contre - torpilleurs built for the French Navy during Acasta and Ardent were sunk on 8 June 1940 by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau west of Narvik during the Norwegian campaign. [13] Each gun was provided with 190 rounds. Beagle and Bulldog were later fitted with a two-pounder bow chaser to engage German E-boats in the English Channel while Boadicea received two elderly six-pounder (57 mm) Hotchkiss guns to deal with U-boats on the surface at close range. The A- and B-class destroyers were a group of 18 destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s, with two additional ships built for the Royal Canadian Navy. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. The Mormugao is the second of a class of Project 15-B destroyers -- slated to be the most advanced destroyers built in India. These ships had either 'A' or 'B' gun replaced by a Hedgehog anti-submarine spigot mortar. A larger type, used as senior officer's ship of a division of destroyers, is known as a flotilla leader. [16], The fire-control system for these ships was little advanced over their First World War-era predecessors. They had an overall length of 323 feet (98.5 m), a beam of 32 feet 3 inches (9.8 m) and a draught of 12 feet 3 inches (3.7 m). [11] The destroyers carried a maximum of 388–390 long tons (394–396 t) of fuel oil that gave them a range of 4,800 nautical miles (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). [1] Nonetheless, the design had an improved gun armament, heavier torpedo armament, and greater range, at the cost of 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) of speed, in comparison with the prototypes. 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 Afridi to Nizam – British Fleet Destroyers 1937 – 43, English, John, 2003 All the Gallant Men, Donald Stratton, 2016 Arctic Convoy PQ8, Michael Wadsworth, 2010 For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, the A- and B-class ships carried two 40-millimetre (1.6 in) QF two-pounder Mark II AA guns mounted on platforms between the funnels, each with 500 rounds. To compensate for her greater size, Codrington's oil tanks were increased by 40 long tons (41 t) and her turbines were rated at 39,000 shp (29,000 kW) to give her the same range and speed as the private ships, but she proved to be significantly faster as she made 37.7 knots (69.8 km/h; 43.4 mph) during her sea trials. [15] The Bs were equipped with two throwers and one rack for twenty depth charges. 265, 267, Whitley, p. 99, Friedman, pp. Codrington was sunk by German air attack at Dover on 27 July 1940. Five of the As and all of the Bs had Admiralty three-drum boilers that operated at a pressure of 300 pounds per square inch (2,068 kPa; 21 kgf/cm2) and a temperature of 600 °F (316 °C) while Ardent and Anthony were fitted with Yarrow boilers of 275 psi (1,896 kPa; 19 kgf/cm2) pressure at the same temperature. This was the beginning of the Admiralty's policy of alternating TSDS and anti-submarine capabilities between destroyer flotillas. Achates, Beagle, Boreas, and Bulldog were among the first ships to be so converted. D&D Beyond The A- and B-class destroyers were a group of 18 destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s, with two additional ships built for the Royal Canadian Navy. Although the ships had an additional 50 long tons (51 t) of fuel, 2,000 shp (1,500 kW) fewer horsepower and lacked superheaters for their boilers, they had the same range and speed as their brethren of the A and B classes. [18], Codrington was built to an enlarged design to accommodate the commander of the destroyer flotilla (Captain (D)) and his staff, some 47 additional officers and ratings. The single 20 mm guns abreast the bridge were replaced by Mark V powered mountings for twin weapons later in the war, the singles replacing the two-pounder or .50 caliber guns amidships, with a further pair of Oerlikons that replaced the searchlight between the torpedo tubes.[28]. After the war, the advent of the guided missile allowed destroyers to take on the surface combatant roles previously filled by battleships and cruisers. Achates was sunk by two large German heavy cruisers, Admiral Hipper and Lützow. HMS Arab (1901) was the third of three 33-knot ‘specials’ that all failed to reach their target speed.She became a standard B class destroyer, and served with the Seventh Flotilla on the Humber in 1914, the Scapa Patrol in 1915-17 before returning to the Seventh Flotilla in 1918.. 656 and launched on 10th July 1930, the 1st RN ship to carry this name to commemorate the name of Admiral George Keith Elphinstone, later Lord Keith who captured Capetown in 1795-97. [9] In the event the trials were inconclusive, and the Admiralty continued to use the lower-temperature and pressure Admiralty three-drum boiler until the Battle class of 1942, nearly ten years after other major navies began to use higher-pressure and temperature boilers. Acheron was given experimental Thornycroft boilers that had a working pressure of 500 psi (3,447 kPa; 35 kgf/cm2) and a temperature of 750 °F (399 °C) to examine the weight and economy savings. As an introductory vessel, she's generally weak, though she is of more significance compared to the other introductory vessels when it comes to skirmishes, as she is still a destroyer. [23], Beginning in 1941, most ships had 'Y' gun and the TSDS gear replaced by racks and throwers for a pattern of 10 depth charges, with stowage increased to 70 charges. Angus Konstam kicks-off a two-part study of World War II Royal Navy destroyers in British Destroyers 1939–45: Pre-War Classes – number 246 in Osprey's huge "New Vanguard" range.. Britain entered the Second World War with a sizeable, but largely obsolescent destroyer fleet. [1] Nonetheless, the design had an improved gun armament, heavier torpedo armament, and greater range, at the cost of 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) of speed, in comparison with the prototypes. Was the beginning of the gun two throwers and one rack for twenty depth charges specials! 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