Difference between revisions of ""A" and "B" Class Destroyer (1929)"

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Nine "A" Class Destroyers were completed for the Royal Navy along with an additional two for the Royal Canadian Navy in the early 1930s. These were joined by a nearly identical nine ships of the "B" Class.

Overview of 11 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Codrington	Swan Hunter	20 Jun, 1928	7 Aug, 1929	4 Jun, 1930	Bombed 27 Jul, 1940
Acasta	John Brown	13 Aug, 1928	8 Aug, 1929	11 Feb, 1930	Sunk 8 Jun, 1940
Achates	John Brown	11 Sep, 1928	4 Oct, 1929	11 Feb, 1930	Sunk 31 Dec, 1942
Active	Hawthorn Leslie	10 Jul, 1928	9 Jul, 1929	9 Feb, 1930	Sold 7 Jul, 1947
Antelope	Hawthorn Leslie	11 Jul, 1928	27 Jul, 1929	20 Feb, 1930	Sold 28 Jan, 1946
Anthony	Scotts	30 Jul, 1928	24 Apr, 1929	14 Feb, 1930	Sold 21 Feb, 1948
Ardent	Scotts	30 Jul, 1928	26 Jun, 1929	14 Apr, 1930	Sunk 8 Jun, 1940
Arrow	Vickers Armstrongs	20 Aug, 1928	22 Aug, 1929	14 Apr, 1930	Blown up 8 Apr, 1943
Acheron	Thornycroft	20 Aug, 1928	22 Aug, 1929	14 Apr, 1930	Mined 17 Dec, 1940
Saguenay	Thornycroft	27 Sep, 1929	11 Jul, 1930	22 May, 1931	Sold 1945
Skeena	Thornycroft	14 Oct, 1929	10 Oct, 1930	10 Jun, 1931	Wrecked 25 Oct, 1944