E/F class destroyer

The E/F-class was a class of 28 destroyers in the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Hellenic Navy, and Dominican Navy during World War II. They served from the 1930s through the mid-1950s.

Specifications

Standard Configuration

• Type: Destroyer
• Service Period: 1934-1968
• Characteristics:
  • Length: 329 feet (100.28 meters)
  • Beam: 33 feet 3 inches (10.14 meters)
  • Draught: 12 feet 6 inches (3.81 meters)
  • Displacement: 1,405 tons (Standard); 1,940 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 145
• Propulsion: 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 × Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 × shafts, 36,000 shp (27,000 kW)
• Range: 6,350 nautical miles (11,760 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h_
• Speed: 35.5 knots (65.75 km/h)
• Armament:
  • 4 x 4.7"/45-caliber Mk.XI dual purpose naval guns (4x1)
  • 8 x Vickers .50-caliber Mk.I machine guns (2x4)
  • 8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × 20-round depth charge rack

Flotilla Leader Configuration

• Type: Destroyer
• Service Period: 1934-1946
• Characteristics:
  • Length: 343 feet (104.55 meters)
  • Beam: 33 feet 9 inches (10.29 meters)
  • Draught: 12 feet 6 inches (3.81 meters)
  • Displacement: 1,495 tons (Standard); 2,050 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 175
• Propulsion: 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 × Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, 2 × shafts, 38,000 shp (28,500 kW)
• Range: 6,500 nautical miles (12,038 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
• Speed: 36.75 knots (68.06 km/h)
• Armament:
  • 5 x QF 4.7"/45-caliber Mk.XI dual purpose naval guns (5x1)
  • 8 x Vickers .50-caliber Mk.I machine guns (2x4)
  • 8 x 21" torpedo tubes
  • 1 x 20-round depth charge rack

Unit Run

Royal Navy

E-class

• HMS Exmouth (H02) - flotilla leader; sunk by KMS U-22 on January 21st, 1940
• HMS Eclipse (H08)
• HMS Encounter (H10)
• HMS Esk (H15) - sunk by mine on August 31st, 1940
• HMS Escapade (H17)
• HMS Echo (H23) - transferred to Republic of China Navy, renamed ROCS Lou Yang (DD-893)
• HMS Electra (H27)
• HMS Express (H61) - transferred to Republic of China Navy, renamed ROCS Han Yang (DD-894)
• HMS Escort (H66) - sunk by RM Guglielmo Marconi on July 8th, 1940

F-class

• HMS Faulknor (H62) - flotilla leader
• HMS Fearless (H67)
• HMS Foresight (H68) - sunk at the Battle of North Borneo on June 17th, 1943
• HMS Foxhound (H69)
• HMS Fortune (H70)
• HMS Forester (H74)
• HMS Fury (H76) - sold to Dominican Republic in 1949, renamed ARD Sanchez
• HMS Fame (H78) - sold to Dominican Republic in 1949, renamed ARD Generalisimo
• HMS Firedrake (H79) - Torpedoed by KMS U-211 on December 17th, 1942

Royal Canadian Navy

• HMCS Gatineau (D196)
• HMCS Saskatchewan (D197)
• HMCS Qu'Appelle (D198)
• HMCS Agawa (D199)
• HMCS Westmoreland (D200)
• HMCS Churchill (D201)
• HMCS Pesekanaskoskau (D202)
• HMCS Koukdjuak (D203)

Royal Hellenic Navy

• VP Navarinon