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Town Class - World Naval Ships Directory

Town Class

Class : Town
Builder :
Country : UK
Ship Type : Destroyer
Pennants : I14, I42, I21, I08, I35, G88, I07, I17, I40, G54, I95, G19, G42, H82, G71, H64, H96, I45, H90, H94, H81, I73, H72, G60, I80, G79, I28, I05
Profile : Due to the large number of losses of destroyers during the opening year of the war, it was considered a priority to acquire destroyers as soon as possible. The building programmes at the time would not be able to cope with the needs of the admiralty. The British Ambassador in Paris during May 1940. stated that his American colleague had heard that the French had been offered 10 old Us Destroyers which had been proposed by the American Ambassador. It was also asked if Britain would like 50 to 100 Old destroyers on the same basis. The Admiralty replied that they would like 16 up to date destroyers with the addition of 32 'Flush deckers'. On the 1st August 1940, President Roosevelt offered to sell 50 ships to the Canadian Government who would inturn donate them to Britain. This idea was rejected by Churchill and it was finally agreed that the sell of 50 ships would be for the lease of Bases in the United Kingdom. 'Lend Lease'. It was agreed on the 1st September, and as a act courtesy, the Destroyers were to keep their US names, but this was later changed to Town names which both are in the US aswell as Britain. The Town Class was born

Town Class Destroyers. c. 1940

Ships in the Town class (ordered by name)... :

NameLaunchedFate
Bath23rd September 1940Torpedoed by U204 on 19 August 1941
Belmont8th October 1940Torpedoed by U82 31 January 1942
Beverley8th October 1940Torpedoed by U188 11 April 1943
Bradford8th October 1940Scrapped August 1946
Brighton23rd September 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Zharki on 16 July 1944, returned to the Royal Navy on 4 March 1949. Scrapped 18 May 1949
Broadwater2nd October 1940Sunk 19 October 1941
Broadway8th October 1940Scrapped March 1948
Burnham8th October 1940Scrapped 2 December 1948
Burwell8th October 1940Scrapped March 1947
Buxton8th October 1940Transferred to Canada August 1942. Scrapped 21 March 1946
Caldwell9th September 1940scrapped on 7 June 1945.
Cameron9th September 1940Scrapped November 1944
Campbeltown9th September 1940From US (ex Buchanan) 9th September 1940. Destroyed in attack on St Nazaire, 28th March 1942.
Castleton9th September 1940Scrapped 2 January 1948.
Charlestown23rd September 1940Scrapped 3 December 1948
Chelsea9th September 1940Transferred to Canada November 1942. Transferred to Soviet Union as Dzerki 16 July 1944
Chesterfield9th September 1940Scrapped 3 December 1948
Churchill9th September 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Dyatelnyi on 30 May 1944
Clare9th September 1940Lend - Lease from US (Abel P Upshur), 9th September 1940. Scrapped 18th February 1947.
Georgetown23rd September 1940To Canada September 1942 returned December 1943. Transferred to the Soviet Union as Doblestny in August 1944
Lancaster23rd October 1940Scrapped on 30 May 1947
Leamington23rd October 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Zhguchi on 17 July 1944
Leeds23rd October 1940Scrapped 19 January 1949
Lewes23rd October 1940Scuttled on the 25th May 1946 off Sydney
Lincoln23rd October 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Druzhny on 26 August 1944
Ludlow23rd October 1940Sunk as target ship July 1945.
Mansfield23rd October 1940Sold for scrapping 24 October 1944
Montgomery25th October 1940Scrapped 10 April 1945
Newark5th December 1940Scrapped 18 February 1947
Newmarket5th December 1940Scrapped 21 September 1945
Newport5th December 1940Scrapped 18 February 1947
Ramsey26th November 1940Scrapped July 1947
Reading26th November 1940Scrapped 24 July 1945
Richmond26th November 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Zhivuchi on 16 June 1944
Ripley26th November 1940Scrapped 10 March 1945
Rockingham26th November 1940Sank while under tow after striking mine 27 September 1944
Roxborough23rd September 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Doblestnyi on 10 August 1944
Salisbury5th December 1940Scrapped in the US in April 1945
Sherwood23rd October 1940Beached 3 October 1943 as a target
St Albans23rd September 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Dostoinyi on 16 July 1944
St Mary's23rd September 1940Scrapped in December 1945
Stanley23rd October 1940Sunk by U574 on 19 December 1941
Wells5th December 1940Scrapped February 1946

Ships in the Town class (ordered by launch date)... :

NameLaunchedFate
Broadwater2nd October 1940Sunk 19 October 1941
Lewes23rd October 1940Scuttled on the 25th May 1946 off Sydney
Leeds23rd October 1940Scrapped 19 January 1949
Ludlow23rd October 1940Sunk as target ship July 1945.
Mansfield23rd October 1940Sold for scrapping 24 October 1944
Lancaster23rd October 1940Scrapped on 30 May 1947
Leamington23rd October 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Zhguchi on 17 July 1944
Lincoln23rd October 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Druzhny on 26 August 1944
Stanley23rd October 1940Sunk by U574 on 19 December 1941
Sherwood23rd October 1940Beached 3 October 1943 as a target
Montgomery25th October 1940Scrapped 10 April 1945
Burnham8th October 1940Scrapped 2 December 1948
Beverley8th October 1940Torpedoed by U188 11 April 1943
Buxton8th October 1940Transferred to Canada August 1942. Scrapped 21 March 1946
Broadway8th October 1940Scrapped March 1948
Burwell8th October 1940Scrapped March 1947
Bradford8th October 1940Scrapped August 1946
Belmont8th October 1940Torpedoed by U82 31 January 1942
Richmond26th November 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Zhivuchi on 16 June 1944
Reading26th November 1940Scrapped 24 July 1945
Ramsey26th November 1940Scrapped July 1947
Ripley26th November 1940Scrapped 10 March 1945
Rockingham26th November 1940Sank while under tow after striking mine 27 September 1944
Salisbury5th December 1940Scrapped in the US in April 1945
Newark5th December 1940Scrapped 18 February 1947
Newmarket5th December 1940Scrapped 21 September 1945
Newport5th December 1940Scrapped 18 February 1947
Wells5th December 1940Scrapped February 1946
Charlestown23rd September 1940Scrapped 3 December 1948
Brighton23rd September 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Zharki on 16 July 1944, returned to the Royal Navy on 4 March 1949. Scrapped 18 May 1949
St Mary's23rd September 1940Scrapped in December 1945
Roxborough23rd September 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Doblestnyi on 10 August 1944
Bath23rd September 1940Torpedoed by U204 on 19 August 1941
Georgetown23rd September 1940To Canada September 1942 returned December 1943. Transferred to the Soviet Union as Doblestny in August 1944
St Albans23rd September 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Dostoinyi on 16 July 1944
Clare9th September 1940Lend - Lease from US (Abel P Upshur), 9th September 1940. Scrapped 18th February 1947.
Campbeltown9th September 1940From US (ex Buchanan) 9th September 1940. Destroyed in attack on St Nazaire, 28th March 1942.
Castleton9th September 1940Scrapped 2 January 1948.
Chelsea9th September 1940Transferred to Canada November 1942. Transferred to Soviet Union as Dzerki 16 July 1944
Caldwell9th September 1940scrapped on 7 June 1945.
Churchill9th September 1940Transferred to the Soviet Union as Dyatelnyi on 30 May 1944
Chesterfield9th September 1940Scrapped 3 December 1948
Cameron9th September 1940Scrapped November 1944
Ship Badges of the Town Class.
CampbeltownClare

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