| 19th | Top destroyer classes of the Royal Navy |
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| Operators: |  Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy Hellenic Navy Dominican
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| Preceded by: | C and D class |
| Succeeded by: | G and H class |
| Subclasses: | E, F |
| In commission: | 1932-04-21 - |
| Completed: | 18 |
| Lost: | 9 + 1 expended |
| Retired: | 8 |
| General characteristics as per Lenton[1] | |
| Type: | E and F destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,405 long tons (1,427.5 t) standard 1,940 long tons (1,971.1 t) deep |
| Length: | 329 ft (100 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 33.25 ft (10.13 m) |
| Draught: | 12.5 ft (3.8 m) deep |
| Propulsion: | 3 x Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 38,000 shp on 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 35.5 kn (65.7 km/h), 31.5 kn (58.3 km/h) deep |
| Range: | 6,350 nmi (11,760 km) at 15 kn
(27.8 km/h) 1,275 nmi (2,361 km) at 35.5 kn (65.7 km/h) |
| Complement: | 145 |
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General characteristics (Esk and Express as minelayers) |
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| Notes: | Other characteristics as per above |
| General characteristics (flotilla leaders) | |
| Displacement: | 1,495 tons standard (1,518 tonnes) 2,050 tons full load (2,082 tonnes) |
| Length: | 343 ft (105 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 33.75 ft (10.29 m) |
| Speed: | 36 kt / 32 kt deep |
| Range: | 6,500 nmi at 15 kt 1,500 nm at 36 kt |
| Complement: | 175 |
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| Notes: | Other characteristics as per above |
The E and F class was a class of eighteen destroyers of the Royal Navy that served during World War II. Three ships were later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy, one to the Royal Hellenic Navy and one to the Dominican Navy. Launched in 1934, they served in World War II. Nine were lost. The E class were ordered under the 1931 construction programme, the Fs being of the 1932 programme.
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For the first time since the A class of the 1927 programme, the flotilla leaders were built to an enlarged design, being lengthened to incorporate an additional QF 4.7 inch (119 mm) gun between the funnels. The lengthened design resulted in a three boiler room layout to enhance water-tight integrity.[2] The leaders were not fitted for mine sweeping or mine laying.
| Ship | Pennant number | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
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| Echo | H.23 | William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton | 20 March 1933 | 16 February 1934 | 22 October 1934 | Transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1944 as Navarinon |
| Eclipse | H.08 | William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton | 22 March 1933 | 12 April 1934 | 29 November 1934 | Sunk by a mine off Kalymnos, Greece on 24 October 1943 |
| Electra | H.27 | Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn | 15 March 1933 | 15 February 1934 | 13 September 1934 | Sunk by the Japanese light cruiser Jintsu in the battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942 |
| Encounter | H.10 | Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn | 15 March 1933 | 29 March 1934 | 2 November 1934 | Scuttled after being severely damaged by the Japanese heavy cruisers Ashigara and Myōkō in the battle of the Java Sea on 1 March 1942 |
| Escapade | H.17 | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock | 30 March 1933 | 30 January 1934 | 30 August 1934 | Sold to G & W Brunton, Grangemouth for breaking up August 1947 |
| Escort | H.66 | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock | 30 March 1933 | 29 March 1934 | 30 October 1934 | Torpedoed by the Italian submarine Guglielmo Marconi on 8 July 1940; sank while under tow on 11 July 1940 |
| Esk | H.15 | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend | 24 March 1933 | 19 March 1934 | 28 September 1934 | Sunk by a mine near Texel, the Netherlands, on 31 August 1940 |
| Express | H.61 | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend | 24 March 1933 | 29 May 1934 | 2 November 1934 | Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 as HMCS Gatineau |
| Exmouth (flotilla leader) | H.02 | HM Dockyard, Portsmouth | 15 May 1933 | 7 February 1934 | 9 November 1934 | Sunk by U-22 in the Moray Firth on 21 January 1940. |
| Ship | Pennant number | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
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| Fame | H.78 | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend (hull subcontracted to Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness) | 5 July 1933 | 28 June 1934 | 26 April 1935 | Transferred to the Dominican Republic in February 1949 as Generalisimo |
| Fearless | H.67 | Cammell Laird & Company, Birkenhead | 17 March 1933 | 12 May 1934 | 22 December 1934 | Torpedoed by Italian aircraft in the Mediterranean on 12 July 1941, scuttled on 23 July 1941 |
| Firedrake | H.79 | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend (hull subcontracted to Vickers Armstrongs, Walker) | 5 July 1933 | 28 June 1934 | 30 May 1935 | Sunk by U-211 on 16 December 1942 |
| Foresight | H.68 | Cammell Laird & Company, Birkenhead | 21 July 1933 | 29 June 1934 | 15 May 1935 | Torpedoed by Italian planes on 12 August 1942 and scuttled the same day |
| Forester | H.74 | J. Samuel White & Company, Cowes | 15 May 1933 | 28 June 1934 | 29 March 1935 | Sold 22 January 1946 and scrapped at Rosyth during June 1947. |
| Fortune | H.70 | John Brown & Company, Clydebank | 25 July 1933 | 29 August 1934 | 27 April 1935 | Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Saskatchewan (H70) on 31 May 1943 |
| Foxhound | H.69 | John Brown & Company, Clydebank | 21 August 1933 | 12 October 1934 | 6 June 1935 | Transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Qu'Appelle (H69) on 8 February 1944 |
| Fury | H.76 | J. Samuel White & Company, Cowes | 19 May 1933 | 10 September 1934 | 18 May 1935 | Mined and damaged beyond repair off Normandy on 21 June 1944, scrapped on 18 September 1944 |
| Faulknor (flotilla leader) | H.62 | Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun | 31 July 1933 | 12 June 1934 | 24 May 1935 | Sold 22 January 1946 and scrapped at Milford Haven in April 1946 |
Destroyer Leader, Peter C Smith, Barnsley, Pen & Sword, 2006.
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