Technical information
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 1360 BRT |
Length | 323 feet (oa) |
Complement | 138 men |
Armament | 4 4.7" guns (4x1) 2 2pdr AA (2x1) 8 21" torpedo tubes (2x4) |
Max speed | 35.25 knots |
Engines | Geared turbines, 2 shafts |
Power | 34000 HP |
Notes on class | The specifications as listed above are for the 'normal' B-class destroyers. HMS Keith was fitted as flotilla leader and had some different specifications; Displacement: 1400 BRT Complement: 175 men. HMS Keith was a smaller leader, she did not have an extra 4.7" gun as did HMS Codrington the leader of the A-class destroyers. The regular B-class destroyers were repeat A-class destroyers with only minor modifications. |
All ships of the B class
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HMS Basilisk (H 11) | Lost on 1 Jun 1940 | |
HMS Beagle (H 30) | ||
HMS Blanche (H 47) | Lost on 13 Nov 1939 | |
HMS Boadicea (H 65) | Lost on 13 Jun 1944 | |
HMS Boreas (H 77) (Became the Greek destroyer Salamis) | ||
HMS Brazen (H 80) | Lost on 20 Jul 1940 | |
HMS Brilliant (H 84) | ||
HMS Bulldog (H 91) | ||
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RHS Salamis (H 77) (ex. HMS Boreas) | ||
Flotilla leader | ||
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HMS Keith (D 06) | Lost on 1 Jun 1940 | |
Full wartime service history on this vessel. |
See all Destroyer classes.
The last stand of the tin can sailors Hornfischer, James D. |
Books dealing with this subject include:
200,000 Miles Aboard the Destroyer Cotten, Robinson, C. Snelling, 1999 |