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! align=center | Laid Down
 
! align=center | Launched
 
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| {{UK-Codrington}}
 
|[[Swan Hunter]]
 
|20 Jun, 1928
 
|7 Aug, 1929
 
|4 Jun, 1930
 
|Bombed 27 Jul, 1940
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Acasta}}
 
|[[John Brown]]
 
|13 Aug, 1928
 
|8 Aug, 1929
 
|11 Feb, 1930
 
|Sunk 8 Jun, 1940
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Achates}}
 
|[[John Brown]]
 
|11 Sep, 1928
 
|4 Oct, 1929
 
|11 Feb, 1930
 
|Sunk 31 Dec, 1942
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Active}}
 
|[[Hawthorn Leslie]]
 
|10 Jul, 1928
 
|9 Jul, 1929
 
|9 Feb, 1930
 
|Sold 7 Jul, 1947
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Antelope}}
 
|[[Hawthorn Leslie]]
 
|11 Jul, 1928
 
|27 Jul, 1929
 
|20 Feb, 1930
 
|Sold 28 Jan, 1946
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Anthony}}
 
|[[Scotts]]
 
|30 Jul, 1928
 
|24 Apr, 1929
 
|14 Feb, 1930
 
|Sold 21 Feb, 1948
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Ardent}}
 
|[[Scotts]]
 
|30 Jul, 1928
 
|26 Jun, 1929
 
|14 Apr, 1930
 
|Sunk 8 Jun, 1940
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Arrow}}
 
|[[Vickers Armstrongs]]
 
|20 Aug, 1928
 
|22 Aug, 1929
 
|14 Apr, 1930
 
|Blown up 8 Apr, 1943
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Acheron}}
 
|[[Thornycroft]]
 
|20 Aug, 1928
 
|22 Aug, 1929
 
|14 Apr, 1930
 
|Mined 17 Dec, 1940
 
|- align=left
 
| {{CA-Saguenay}}
 
|[[Thornycroft]]
 
|27 Sep, 1929
 
|11 Jul, 1930
 
|22 May, 1931
 
|Sold 1945
 
|- align=left
 
| {{CA-Skeena}}
 
|[[Thornycroft]]
 
|14 Oct, 1929
 
|10 Oct, 1930
 
|10 Jun, 1931
 
|Wrecked 25 Oct, 1944
 
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Revision as of 09:47, 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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