The I-class was a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy and Turkish Navy. A total of fifteen vessels were built (eleven for the British Empire and four for Turkey). They served in World War II and three were lost, with a fourth ship being written off as a constructive total loss.
Specifications[]
- Type: Destroyer
- Service Period: 1937-1960
- Characteristics:
- Length: 323 feet (98.45 meters)
- Beam: 33 feet (10.06 meters)
- Draught: 12.5 feet (3.81 meters)
- Displacement: 1,370 tons (Standard); 1,888 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 145
- Propulsion: 3 x Admiralty 3-drum water tube boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 x shafts, 34,000 shp
- Range: 5,530 nautical miles (10,242 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 35.6 knots (65.93 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- Type 270 Target Indication RDF
- Type 286 Surface Search RDF
- Type 291 Air Search RDF
- High Frequency Direction Finder
- Armament:
- 4 x QF 4.7"/45-caliber Mk.IX dual purpose naval guns (4x1)
- 10 x QF 20mm/70-caliber Mk.I/II anti-aircraft cannons (10x1)
- 10 x 21" torpedo tubes (5x2)
- 60 x mines
Unit Run[]
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- HMS Inglefield (D02) - flotilla leader
- HMS Icarus (D03)
- HMS Ithuriel (D05)
- HMS Imperial (D09) - Severely damaged by air attack off Crete on May 29th, 1941 and scuttled by HMS Hotspur
- HMS Intrepid (D10)
- HMS Impulsive (D11)
- HMS Ivanhoe (D16) - Mined and sunk off Texel on September 1st, 1940
- HMS Imogen (D44) - Collided with the cruiser Glasgow and sank on July 16th, 1940
- HMS Inconstant (D49)
- HMS Ilex (D61)
- HMS Isis (D87)
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- TCG Gayret (H05)
- TCG Muavenet (H49)
- TCG Demirhisar (H80)
- TCG Sultanhisar (H87)