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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 Destroyer (1929)|"B" Class]].
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Twenty '''"A" and "B" Class Destroyers''' were completed in the early 1930s.
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The first set, the "A" class, were comprised of nine ships for the [[Royal Navy]] along with an additional two for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].   These were augmented by a nearly identical nine Royal Navy ships of the "B" Class.
  
 
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name="B" Class Royal Navy Leader
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{ship
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name=Keith
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builder=[[Vickers Armstrongs]]
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launch=10 7 30
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comm=20 3 31
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fate=Bombed
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fatedate=1 6 1940
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name="B" Class Royal Navy Destroyers
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}
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{ship
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name=Basilisk
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pend=H11
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builder=[[John Brown]]
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order=
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laid=18 8 29
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launch=6 8 30
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comm=4 4 31
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fate=Bombed
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fatedate=1 6 1940
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}
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{ship
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name=Beagle
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pend=H30
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builder=[[John Brown]]
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order=
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laid=11 10 29
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launch=29 9 30
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comm=9 4 31
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fate=Scrapped
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fatedate=1946
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}
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{ship
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name=Blanche
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pend=H47
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builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie]]
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order=
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laid=29 7 36
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launch=29 5 30
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comm=14 2 31
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fate=Mined
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fatedate=13 9 39
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}
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{ship
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name=Boadicea
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pend=H65
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builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie]]
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order=
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laid=11 7 29
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launch=23 9 30
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comm=7 4 31
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fate=Bombed
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fatedate=13 6 1944
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}
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{ship
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name=Boreas
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pend=H77
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builder=[[Palmers]]
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laid=22 7 29
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launch=18 7 30
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comm=20 2  31
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fate=Scrapped
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fatedate=1952
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name=Brazen
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pend=H80
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builder=[[Palmers]]
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laid=22 7 29
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launch=25 7 30
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comm=8 4 31
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fate=Bombed
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fatedate=20 7 40
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{ship
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name=Brilliant
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pend=H84
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builder=[[Swan Hunter]]
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laid=8 7 29
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launch=9 10 30
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comm=21 2 31
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fate=Scrapped
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fatedate=1948
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}
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{ship
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name=Bulldog
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pend=H91
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builder=[[Swan Hunter]]
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order=
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laid=10 8 36
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launch=6 12 30
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comm=8 4 31
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fate=Scrapped
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Revision as of 09:22, 1 August 2017

Twenty "A" and "B" Class Destroyers were completed in the early 1930s.

The first set, the "A" class, were comprised of nine ships for the Royal Navy along with an additional two for the Royal Canadian Navy. These were augmented by a nearly identical nine Royal Navy 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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