BATTLE class
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Nationality: |
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| Type: | DD | |||||||||||||||
| Class: | BATTLE - 44 ships in class (16 cancelled, two modified -- see Notes) | |||||||||||||||
| Launched: | beginning November, 1943 | |||||||||||||||
| Displacement: | 2,325 tons | |||||||||||||||
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Dimensions: (in feet and inches) |
379' x 40' 3" (* 40' 6") x 15' 3" | |||||||||||||||
| Machinery: | 2-shaft Parsons geared turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 50,000shp. Oil: 727 tons. Diesel fuel: 40 tons | |||||||||||||||
| Speed: | 35.75 knots | |||||||||||||||
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| Compliment: | 247 - 306 |
Sister ships:
| Group | Name | Pennant Number: | Builder: | Fate |
| First | ARMADA | R.14 | Hawthorne Leslie | Broken up in 1965 |
| " | BARFLEUR | R.80 | Swan Hunter | Broken up in 1966 |
| " | CADIZ | R.09 | Fairfield | To Pakistan in 1957 as KHAIBAR; in combat vs. India's Western Fleet on 5 December, 1971; hit by two "Styx" surface-to-surface missiles and sunk |
| " | CAMPERDOWN | R.32 | Fairfield | Broken up in 1970 |
| " | FINISTERRE | R.55 | Fairfield | Broken up in 1967 |
| " | GABBARD | R.47 | Swan Hunter | To Pakistan in 1957 as BADR; "retired" in 1994 |
| " | GRAVELINES | R.24 | Cammell Laird | Broken up in 1961 |
| " | HOGUE | R.74 | Cammell Laird | Broken up in 1962 |
| " | LAGOS | R.44 | Cammell Laird | Broken up in 1967 |
| " | ST. JAMES | R.65 | Fairfield | Broken up in 1961 |
| " | ST. KITTS | R.18 | Swan Hunter | Broken up in 1962 |
| " | SAINTES | R.84 | Hawthorn Leslie | Broken up in 1972 |
| " | SLUYS | R.60 | Cammell Laird | To Iran in 1967 as ARTEMIZ |
| " | SOLEBAY | R.70 | Hawthorn Leslie | Broken up in 1967 |
| " | TRAFALGAR | R.77 | Swan Hunter | Broken up in 1970 |
| " | VIGO | R.31 | Fairfield | Broken up in 1964 |
| " | ANZAC (R.A.N.) | D.59 | Williamstown | Broken up in 1972 |
| " | TOBRUK (R.A.N.) | D.37 | Cockatoo | Broken up in 1975 |
| Second * | AGINCOURT | I.06 | Hawthorn Leslie | Broken up in 1974 |
| " | AISNE | I.22 | Vickers - Armstrong, Tyne | Broken up in 1970 |
| " | ALAMEIN | I.17 | Hawthorn Leslie | Broken up in 1964 |
| " | BARROSA | I.68 | John Brown | Broken up in 1978 |
| " | CORUNNA | I.97 | Swan Hunter | Broken up in 1975 |
| " | DUNKIRK | I.09 | Stephen | Broken up in 1965 |
| " | JUTLAND (ii) (ex-MALPAQUET) | I.62 | Stephen | Broken up in 1965 |
| " | MATAPAN | I.43 | John Brown | Broken up in 1978 |
| Second * (cancelled) | ALBUERA | I.51 | Vickers - Armstrong, Tyne | Cancelled; hull scrapped in 1950 |
| " | BELLE ISLE | I.88 | Fairfield | Cancelled; hull scrapped in 1946 |
| " | MONS | I.53 | Hawthorn Leslie | Cancelled |
| " | NAMUR | I.58 | Cammell Laird | Cancelled; hull retained for experimental purposes |
| " | NAVARINO | I.82 | Cammell Laird | Cancelled; hull scrapped in 1946 |
| " | OMDURMAN | I.98 | Fairfield | Cancelled |
| " | SAN DOMINGO | I.37 | Cammell Laird | Cancelled |
| Second (modified) * (cancelled) | JUTLAND (i) | I.16 | Hawthorn Leslie | Cancelled; hull scrapped in 1957 |
| " | POICITERS | I.10 | Hawthorn Leslie | Cancelled; hull retained for experimental purposes |
| " | RIVER PLATE | I.83 | Swan Hunter | Cancelled |
| " | ST. LUCIA | I.42 | Stephen | Cancelled |
| " | SOMME | I.31 | Cammell Laird | Cancelled |
| " | TALAVERA | I.72 | John Brown | Cancelled; hull scrapped in 1946 |
| " | TRINCOMALEE | I.59 | John Brown | Cancelled; hull scrapped in 1946 |
| " | WATERLOO | I.07 | Fairfield | Cancelled |
| Completed as "D" class DD | VIMIERA | G.22 | Cammell Laird | Completed as DANAE |
| " | YPRES | G.83 | Fairfield | Completed as DELIGHT |
Notes: The BATTLE class were larger than previous Royal Navy destroyers and of longer range, being intended for use in the Pacific Theater. AGINCOURT, ALAMEIN, ARMADA, BARFLEUR, CORUNNA, JUTLAND, ST. JAMES, SAINTES, SOLEBAY and TRAFALGAR were fitted as leaders. ARMADA, BARFLEUR, CAMPERDOWN, HOGUE and TRAFALGAR were also fitted with a single 4" gun, intended for firing starshells. While building, most were fitted with an additional 6 - 40mm Bofors AA in single mounts; several had variations, such as quad "pom-poms" or 20mm guns mounted. They were originally fitted with 60 depth charges. Two ships (VIMIERA and YPRES) were completed as "D" class destroyers circa 1950. All of the class which were completed were actively employed in the postwar Royal Navy and had various modifications, especially to the anti-aircraft and anti-submarine weapons. FINISTERRE and VIGO were used as gunnery firing and training ships. In 1959, HOGUE was badly damaged in a collision with the Indian light cruiser MYSORE (the former RN FIJI-class NIGERIA) off the coast of Ceylon. She was laid up at Singapore and not repaired.
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