Technical information
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 1554 BRT |
Length | 329 feet (oa) |
Complement | 164 men |
Armament | Broke and Keppel;
5 4.7" guns (5x1) Wallace (as fast escort); 4 4" AA guns (2x2) 4 2pdr AA (1x4) 2 20mm AA (2x1) 8 .5" AA (2x4) |
Max speed | 33 knots |
Engines | Geared steam turbines |
Power | 40000 hp |
Notes on class | Designed and built by Thornycroft as flotilla leaders for the V & W-class destroyers. HMS Shakespeare and HMS Spencer were decommissioned in the 30's and sold for scrap in 1936. 4 additional destroyers (Spragge, Barrington, Hughes and Saunders) of this class were cancelled after the end of WWI in Dec 1918. HMS Wallace was reconstructed to a fast escort more or less on the same lines as the Admiralty V & W-class fast escort conversions. She had however, being larger, more small AA machine guns. HMS Broke and HMS Keppel were modified for escort duties during the war. |
All ships of the Shakespeare class
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HMS Broke (D 83) | Lost on 8 Nov 1942 | |
HMS Keppel (D 84 / I 84) | ||
Fast escort | ||
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HMS Wallace (L 64) | ||
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See all Destroyer classes.
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