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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 11 vessels
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! align=center | Name
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! align=center | Builder
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! align=center | Laid Down
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! align=center | Launched
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! align=center | Completed
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! align=center | Fate
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| {{UK-Codrington}}
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|[[Swan Hunter]]
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|20 Jun, 1928
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|7 Aug, 1929
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|4 Jun, 1930
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|Bombed 27 Jul, 1940
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Acasta}}
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|[[John Brown]]
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|13 Aug, 1928
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|8 Aug, 1929
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|11 Feb, 1930
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|Sunk 8 Jun, 1940
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Achates}}
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|[[John Brown]]
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|11 Sep, 1928
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|4 Oct, 1929
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|11 Feb, 1930
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|Sunk 31 Dec, 1942
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Active}}
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|[[Hawthorn Leslie]]
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|10 Jul, 1928
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|9 Jul, 1929
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|9 Feb, 1930
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|Sold 7 Jul, 1947
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Antelope}}
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|[[Hawthorn Leslie]]
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|11 Jul, 1928
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|27 Jul, 1929
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|20 Feb, 1930
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|Sold 28 Jan, 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Anthony}}
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|[[Scotts]]
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|30 Jul, 1928
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|24 Apr, 1929
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|14 Feb, 1930
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|Sold 21 Feb, 1948
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Ardent}}
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|[[Scotts]]
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|30 Jul, 1928
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|26 Jun, 1929
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|14 Apr, 1930
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|Sunk 8 Jun, 1940
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Arrow}}
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|[[Vickers Armstrongs]]
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|20 Aug, 1928
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|22 Aug, 1929
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|14 Apr, 1930
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|Blown up 8 Apr, 1943
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Acheron}}
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|[[Thornycroft]]
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|20 Aug, 1928
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|22 Aug, 1929
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|14 Apr, 1930
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|Mined 17 Dec, 1940
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|- align=left
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| {{CA-Saguenay}}
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|[[Thornycroft]]
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|27 Sep, 1929
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|11 Jul, 1930
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|22 May, 1931
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|Sold 1945
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|- align=left
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| {{CA-Skeena}}
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|[[Thornycroft]]
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|14 Oct, 1929
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|10 Oct, 1930
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|10 Jun, 1931
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|Wrecked 25 Oct, 1944
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Revision as of 14:24, 13 April 2017

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.

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).


"A" and "B" Class Destroyer
"A" Class Leader
  Codrington  
Destroyers
  Acasta Achates Active Antelope  
  Anthony Ardent Arrow Acheron  
Canadian Destroyers
  Saguenay Skeena  
"B" Class Leader
  Keith  
Destroyers
  Basilisk Beagle Blanche Boadicea  
  Boreas Brazen Brilliant Bulldog  
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