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Twenty '''"A" and "B" Class Destroyers''' were completed in the early 1930s.
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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.
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This class inaugurated Britain's new scheme for destroyer production, in which a given year's build would generally comprise a flotilla of eight destroyers and a leader, with names sharing the same initial letter (more or less).  Furthermore, the even years would have ships of a very minor alteration over the previous year's design, reducing cost and complexity while making it convenient to name the classes by paired letters.
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The '''"A" class ships''' were launched primarily in 1929 – eight destroyers for the [[Royal Navy]] with leader {{UK-Codrington|f=p}}, as well as an additional two destroyers for the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].  The following year's '''"B" class''' was comprised of eight destroyers for Britain and their leader, {{UK-Keith|f=p}}.
  
 
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|-
 
|-
! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 11 vessels
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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 20 vessels
 
|-
 
|-
 
| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
 
| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
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|- align=left
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Acasta}}
 
| {{UK-Acasta}}
|[[John Brown]]
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|[[John Brown & Company]]
 
|13 Aug, 1928
 
|13 Aug, 1928
 
|8 Aug, 1929
 
|8 Aug, 1929
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|- align=left
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Achates}}
 
| {{UK-Achates}}
|[[John Brown]]
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|[[John Brown & Company]]
 
|11 Sep, 1928
 
|11 Sep, 1928
 
|4 Oct, 1929
 
|4 Oct, 1929
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|- align=left
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Active}}
 
| {{UK-Active}}
|[[Hawthorn Leslie]]
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|[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]
 
|10 Jul, 1928
 
|10 Jul, 1928
 
|9 Jul, 1929
 
|9 Jul, 1929
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|- align=left
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Antelope}}
 
| {{UK-Antelope}}
|[[Hawthorn Leslie]]
+
|[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]
 
|11 Jul, 1928
 
|11 Jul, 1928
 
|27 Jul, 1929
 
|27 Jul, 1929
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|- align=left
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Anthony}}
 
| {{UK-Anthony}}
|[[Scotts]]
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|[[Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]
 
|30 Jul, 1928
 
|30 Jul, 1928
 
|24 Apr, 1929
 
|24 Apr, 1929
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|- align=left
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Ardent}}
 
| {{UK-Ardent}}
|[[Scotts]]
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|[[Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]
 
|30 Jul, 1928
 
|30 Jul, 1928
 
|26 Jun, 1929
 
|26 Jun, 1929
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|- align=left
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Arrow}}
 
| {{UK-Arrow}}
|[[Vickers Armstrongs]]
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|[[Vickers-Armstrongs]]
 
|20 Aug, 1928
 
|20 Aug, 1928
 
|22 Aug, 1929
 
|22 Aug, 1929
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|- align=left
 
|- align=left
 
| {{UK-Acheron}}
 
| {{UK-Acheron}}
|[[Thornycroft]]
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
 
|20 Aug, 1928
 
|20 Aug, 1928
 
|22 Aug, 1929
 
|22 Aug, 1929
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|- align=left
 
|- align=left
 
| {{CA-Saguenay}}
 
| {{CA-Saguenay}}
|[[Thornycroft]]
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
 
|27 Sep, 1929
 
|27 Sep, 1929
 
|11 Jul, 1930
 
|11 Jul, 1930
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|- align=left
 
|- align=left
 
| {{CA-Skeena}}
 
| {{CA-Skeena}}
|[[Thornycroft]]
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|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
 
|14 Oct, 1929
 
|14 Oct, 1929
 
|10 Oct, 1930
 
|10 Oct, 1930
 
|10 Jun, 1931
 
|10 Jun, 1931
 
|Wrecked 25 Oct, 1944
 
|Wrecked 25 Oct, 1944
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Keith}}
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|[[Vickers-Armstrongs]]
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|1 Oct, 1929
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|10 Jul, 1930
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|20 Mar, 1931
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|Bombed 1 Jun, 1940
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Basilisk}}
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|[[John Brown & Company]]
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|18 Aug, 1929
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|6 Aug, 1930
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|4 Apr, 1931
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|Bombed 1 Jun, 1940
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Beagle}}
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|[[John Brown & Company]]
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|11 Oct, 1929
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|29 Sep, 1930
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|9 Apr, 1931
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|Scrapped 1946
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Blanche}}
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|[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]
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|29 Jul, 1936
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|29 May, 1930
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|14 Feb, 1931
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|Mined 13 Sep, 1939
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Boadicea}}
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|[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]
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|11 Jul, 1929
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|23 Sep, 1930
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|7 Apr, 1931
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|Bombed 13 Jun, 1944
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-Boreas}}
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|[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]
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|22 Jul, 1929
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|18 Jul, 1930
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|1920
 +
|Scrapped 1952
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-Brazen}}
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|[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]
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|22 Jul, 1929
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|25 Jul, 1930
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|8 Apr, 1931
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|Bombed 20 Jul, 1940
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|- align=left
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| {{UK-Brilliant}}
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|[[Swan Hunter]]
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|8 Jul, 1929
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|9 Oct, 1930
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|21 Feb, 1931
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|Scrapped 1948
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|- align=left
 +
| {{UK-Bulldog}}
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|[[Swan Hunter]]
 +
|10 Aug, 1936
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|6 Dec, 1930
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|8 Apr, 1931
 +
|Scrapped 1946
 
|}
 
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{group
 
{group
name="A" Class Royal Navy Leader
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name="A" Class Leader
 
}
 
}
  
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{group
 
{group
name="A" Class Royal Navy Destroyers
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name=Destroyers
 
}
 
}
  
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name=Acasta
 
name=Acasta
 
pend=H09
 
pend=H09
builder=[[John Brown]]
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builder=[[John Brown & Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=13 8 28
 
laid=13 8 28
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name=Achates
 
name=Achates
 
pend=H12
 
pend=H12
builder=[[John Brown]]
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builder=[[John Brown & Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=11 9 28
 
laid=11 9 28
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name=Active
 
name=Active
 
pend=H14
 
pend=H14
builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie]]
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builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=10 7 28
 
laid=10 7 28
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name=Antelope
 
name=Antelope
 
pend=H36
 
pend=H36
builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie]]
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builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=11 7 28
 
laid=11 7 28
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name=Anthony
 
name=Anthony
 
pend=H40
 
pend=H40
builder=[[Scotts]]
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builder=[[Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=30 7 28
 
laid=30 7 28
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name=Ardent
 
name=Ardent
 
pend=H41
 
pend=H41
builder=[[Scotts]]
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builder=[[Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=30 7 28
 
laid=30 7 28
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name=Arrow
 
name=Arrow
 
pend=H42
 
pend=H42
builder=[[Vickers Armstrongs]]
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builder=[[Vickers-Armstrongs]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=20 8 28
 
laid=20 8 28
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name=Acheron
 
name=Acheron
 
pend=H48
 
pend=H48
builder=[[Thornycroft]]
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builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=20 8 28
 
laid=20 8 28
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{group
 
{group
name="A" Class Canadian Destroyers
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name=Canadian Destroyers
 
}
 
}
  
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name=Saguenay
 
name=Saguenay
 
pend=D79
 
pend=D79
builder=[[Thornycroft]]
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builder=[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=27 9 29
 
laid=27 9 29
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{group
 
{group
name="B" Class Royal Navy Leader
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name="B" Class Leader
 
}
 
}
  
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name=Keith
 
name=Keith
 
pend=H06
 
pend=H06
builder=[[Vickers Armstrongs]]
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builder=[[Vickers-Armstrongs]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=1 10 29
 
laid=1 10 29
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{group
 
{group
name="B" Class Royal Navy Destroyers
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name=Destroyers
 
}
 
}
  
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name=Basilisk
 
name=Basilisk
 
pend=H11
 
pend=H11
builder=[[John Brown]]
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builder=[[John Brown & Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=18 8 29
 
laid=18 8 29
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name=Beagle
 
name=Beagle
 
pend=H30
 
pend=H30
builder=[[John Brown]]
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builder=[[John Brown & Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=11 10 29
 
laid=11 10 29
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name=Blanche
 
name=Blanche
 
pend=H47
 
pend=H47
builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie]]
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builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=29 7 36
 
laid=29 7 36
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name=Boadicea
 
name=Boadicea
 
pend=H65
 
pend=H65
builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie]]
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builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=11 7 29
 
laid=11 7 29
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name=Boreas
 
name=Boreas
 
pend=H77
 
pend=H77
builder=[[Palmers]]
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builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=22 7 29
 
laid=22 7 29
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name=Brazen
 
name=Brazen
 
pend=H80
 
pend=H80
builder=[[Palmers]]
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builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]
 
order=
 
order=
 
laid=22 7 29
 
laid=22 7 29

Latest revision as of 14:40, 25 April 2018

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

This class inaugurated Britain's new scheme for destroyer production, in which a given year's build would generally comprise a flotilla of eight destroyers and a leader, with names sharing the same initial letter (more or less). Furthermore, the even years would have ships of a very minor alteration over the previous year's design, reducing cost and complexity while making it convenient to name the classes by paired letters.

The "A" class ships were launched primarily in 1929 – eight destroyers for the Royal Navy with leader H.M.S. Codrington, as well as an additional two destroyers for the Royal Canadian Navy. The following year's "B" class was comprised of eight destroyers for Britain and their leader, H.M.S. Keith.

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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