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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 |
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Town Class Destroyers. c. 1940 |
Ships in the Town class (ordered by name)... : | ||
Name | Launched | Fate |
Bath | 23rd September 1940 | Torpedoed by U204 on 19 August 1941 |
Belmont | 8th October 1940 | Torpedoed by U82 31 January 1942 |
Beverley | 8th October 1940 | Torpedoed by U188 11 April 1943 |
Bradford | 8th October 1940 | Scrapped August 1946 |
Brighton | 23rd September 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Zharki on 16 July 1944, returned to the Royal Navy on 4 March 1949. Scrapped 18 May 1949 |
Broadwater | 2nd October 1940 | Sunk 19 October 1941 |
Broadway | 8th October 1940 | Scrapped March 1948 |
Burnham | 8th October 1940 | Scrapped 2 December 1948 |
Burwell | 8th October 1940 | Scrapped March 1947 |
Buxton | 8th October 1940 | Transferred to Canada August 1942. Scrapped 21 March 1946 |
Caldwell | 9th September 1940 | scrapped on 7 June 1945. |
Cameron | 9th September 1940 | Scrapped November 1944 |
Campbeltown | 9th September 1940 | From US (ex Buchanan) 9th September 1940. Destroyed in attack on St Nazaire, 28th March 1942. |
Castleton | 9th September 1940 | Scrapped 2 January 1948. |
Charlestown | 23rd September 1940 | Scrapped 3 December 1948 |
Chelsea | 9th September 1940 | Transferred to Canada November 1942. Transferred to Soviet Union as Dzerki 16 July 1944 |
Chesterfield | 9th September 1940 | Scrapped 3 December 1948 |
Churchill | 9th September 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Dyatelnyi on 30 May 1944 |
Clare | 9th September 1940 | Lend - Lease from US (Abel P Upshur), 9th September 1940. Scrapped 18th February 1947. |
Georgetown | 23rd September 1940 | To Canada September 1942 returned December 1943. Transferred to the Soviet Union as Doblestny in August 1944 |
Lancaster | 23rd October 1940 | Scrapped on 30 May 1947 |
Leamington | 23rd October 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Zhguchi on 17 July 1944 |
Leeds | 23rd October 1940 | Scrapped 19 January 1949 |
Lewes | 23rd October 1940 | Scuttled on the 25th May 1946 off Sydney |
Lincoln | 23rd October 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Druzhny on 26 August 1944 |
Ludlow | 23rd October 1940 | Sunk as target ship July 1945. |
Mansfield | 23rd October 1940 | Sold for scrapping 24 October 1944 |
Montgomery | 25th October 1940 | Scrapped 10 April 1945 |
Newark | 5th December 1940 | Scrapped 18 February 1947 |
Newmarket | 5th December 1940 | Scrapped 21 September 1945 |
Newport | 5th December 1940 | Scrapped 18 February 1947 |
Ramsey | 26th November 1940 | Scrapped July 1947 |
Reading | 26th November 1940 | Scrapped 24 July 1945 |
Richmond | 26th November 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Zhivuchi on 16 June 1944 |
Ripley | 26th November 1940 | Scrapped 10 March 1945 |
Rockingham | 26th November 1940 | Sank while under tow after striking mine 27 September 1944 |
Roxborough | 23rd September 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Doblestnyi on 10 August 1944 |
Salisbury | 5th December 1940 | Scrapped in the US in April 1945 |
Sherwood | 23rd October 1940 | Beached 3 October 1943 as a target |
St Albans | 23rd September 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Dostoinyi on 16 July 1944 |
St Mary's | 23rd September 1940 | Scrapped in December 1945 |
Stanley | 23rd October 1940 | Sunk by U574 on 19 December 1941 |
Wells | 5th December 1940 | Scrapped February 1946 |
Ships in the Town class (ordered by launch date)... : | ||
Name | Launched | Fate |
Broadwater | 2nd October 1940 | Sunk 19 October 1941 |
Lewes | 23rd October 1940 | Scuttled on the 25th May 1946 off Sydney |
Leeds | 23rd October 1940 | Scrapped 19 January 1949 |
Ludlow | 23rd October 1940 | Sunk as target ship July 1945. |
Mansfield | 23rd October 1940 | Sold for scrapping 24 October 1944 |
Lancaster | 23rd October 1940 | Scrapped on 30 May 1947 |
Leamington | 23rd October 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Zhguchi on 17 July 1944 |
Lincoln | 23rd October 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Druzhny on 26 August 1944 |
Stanley | 23rd October 1940 | Sunk by U574 on 19 December 1941 |
Sherwood | 23rd October 1940 | Beached 3 October 1943 as a target |
Montgomery | 25th October 1940 | Scrapped 10 April 1945 |
Burnham | 8th October 1940 | Scrapped 2 December 1948 |
Beverley | 8th October 1940 | Torpedoed by U188 11 April 1943 |
Buxton | 8th October 1940 | Transferred to Canada August 1942. Scrapped 21 March 1946 |
Broadway | 8th October 1940 | Scrapped March 1948 |
Burwell | 8th October 1940 | Scrapped March 1947 |
Bradford | 8th October 1940 | Scrapped August 1946 |
Belmont | 8th October 1940 | Torpedoed by U82 31 January 1942 |
Richmond | 26th November 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Zhivuchi on 16 June 1944 |
Reading | 26th November 1940 | Scrapped 24 July 1945 |
Ramsey | 26th November 1940 | Scrapped July 1947 |
Ripley | 26th November 1940 | Scrapped 10 March 1945 |
Rockingham | 26th November 1940 | Sank while under tow after striking mine 27 September 1944 |
Salisbury | 5th December 1940 | Scrapped in the US in April 1945 |
Newark | 5th December 1940 | Scrapped 18 February 1947 |
Newmarket | 5th December 1940 | Scrapped 21 September 1945 |
Newport | 5th December 1940 | Scrapped 18 February 1947 |
Wells | 5th December 1940 | Scrapped February 1946 |
Charlestown | 23rd September 1940 | Scrapped 3 December 1948 |
Brighton | 23rd September 1940 | Transferred 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's | 23rd September 1940 | Scrapped in December 1945 |
Roxborough | 23rd September 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Doblestnyi on 10 August 1944 |
Bath | 23rd September 1940 | Torpedoed by U204 on 19 August 1941 |
Georgetown | 23rd September 1940 | To Canada September 1942 returned December 1943. Transferred to the Soviet Union as Doblestny in August 1944 |
St Albans | 23rd September 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Dostoinyi on 16 July 1944 |
Clare | 9th September 1940 | Lend - Lease from US (Abel P Upshur), 9th September 1940. Scrapped 18th February 1947. |
Campbeltown | 9th September 1940 | From US (ex Buchanan) 9th September 1940. Destroyed in attack on St Nazaire, 28th March 1942. |
Castleton | 9th September 1940 | Scrapped 2 January 1948. |
Chelsea | 9th September 1940 | Transferred to Canada November 1942. Transferred to Soviet Union as Dzerki 16 July 1944 |
Caldwell | 9th September 1940 | scrapped on 7 June 1945. |
Churchill | 9th September 1940 | Transferred to the Soviet Union as Dyatelnyi on 30 May 1944 |
Chesterfield | 9th September 1940 | Scrapped 3 December 1948 |
Cameron | 9th September 1940 | Scrapped November 1944 |
Ship Badges of the Town Class. |
Campbeltown | Clare |
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