Royal Navy Flotilla Leader Destroyer built 1916-17: Vampire, Valentine, Valhalla, Valorous, Valkyrie active 1918-1947 The V class flotilla leaders were a group of five fast Royal Navy destroyer leaders built in 1917 for the planned mass-build V class destroyers. The master world of the day was speed. They were specifically designed to reach 34 knots, … Read more
Royal Navy Destroyers: 62 completed, 8 lost. The R class is certainly one of the most important destroyer class in WWI Britain. The first R class represented a total of no less 62 destroyers built between 1916 and 1917 as an improvement of the Admiralty M-class in several areas but most specifically fuel economy, having … Read more
United Kingdom (Built 1914-16): HMS Parker, Grenville, Hoste, Seymour, Saumarez, Anzac 1916-1935 The Parker class were essentially repeat Kempenfelt class leaders ordered in February 1915. HMS Grenville and Frobisher (renamed Parker before launch) were followed by three more in July and by December 1915 a last 6th from Denny Bros, Anzac. They were designed essentially … Read more
UK Royal Navy (1913-1921) 1912 program, L-class 1913, 22 ships: The Laforey class (L class from October 1913) were 22 torpedo boat destroyers of the Royal Navy: 20 ordered under the Naval Programme of 1912–13 and 2 under the second War Emergency Programme in August 1914. They were the penultimate pre-war British destroyer design, followed … Read more
UK Royal Navy (1912-1921) 1911-12 program, K-class 1913, 24 ships: HMS Acasta, Achates, Ambuscade, Christopher, Cockatrice, Contest, Lynx, Midge, Owl, Shark, Sparrowhawk, Spitfire. K-class Builders’ specials HMS Ardent, Fortune, Garland, Hardy, Paragon, Porpoise, Unity, Victor The Acasta class (K class from 1913) were the subject of the 1911-12 Programme, followed the path of the Acheron … Read more
UK Royal Navy (1916-1945) 1916 program: HMS Scott, Bruce, Douglas, Campbell, MackKay, Malcolm, Montrose, Stuart (Built 1916-1920). Second part on the late British WWI flotilla Leaders. The Admiralty type (Scott class) were the second flotilla leaders built almost alongside the Shakespare class or “Thornycroft type” proposed by the latter company. They were the fastest and … Read more
UK Royal Navy (1916-1945) 1916 program: HMS Shakespeare, Spenser, Wallace, Keppel, Rooke, Saunders*, Stragge* (Built 1916-1920). The Shakespeare or “Thornycroft Type” were Flotilla leaders which type was developed already in 1913, after acknowledging the failure of HMS Swift as an in-between cruisers and destroyers. Thus by October 1913 the admiralty worked on a new design, … Read more
UK Royal Navy (1909-1922) 1909 program, I-class 1913: Builder class: HMS Acheron, Archer, Ariel, Attack, Badger, Beaver * Admiralty I class: Defender, Druid, Ferret, Forester, Goshawk, Hind, Hornet, Hydra, Jackal, Lapwing, Lizard, Phoenix, Sandfly, Tigress. * Yarrow Specials: HMS Firedrake, Lurcher, Oak. * Aussie Rivers: HMAS Parramatta, Yarra, Warrego, Huon, Swan, Torrens The Acheron class … Read more
UK Royal Navy (1909-1922) 1909 program, H-class 1913: HMS Acorn, Alarm, Brisk, Cameleon, Comet, Fury, Goldfinch, Hope, Larne, Lyra, Martin, Minstrel, Nemesis, Nereide, Nymphe, Redpole, Rifleman, Ruby, Sheldrake, Staunch In short, the Acorn class (H class from 1913) were born frm the 1909-10 Programme as a reversion from coal (on the Beagle class) to oil … Read more
UK Royal Navy (1902-1921) 1908-09 program, G-class 1913: HMS Beagle, Bulldog, Grasshopper, Harpy, Renard, Foxhound, Wolverine, Mosquito, Basilisk, Scourge, Racoon, Scorpion, Savage, Rattlesnake, Pincher, Nautilus/Grampus The “Beagles” or “G class” from 1913 were sixteen destroyers designed in 1908 in reaction to the costly and fragile Tribal class. The admiralty overall wanted smaller, stronger vessels running … Read more
