Royal Navy — Destroyer class
G class destroyer (1944)
The class in numbers
- 8 Planned
- 8 Cancelled
Design and service
- Type
- Destroyer
- Navies
- Royal Navy 9
Polish Navy 2
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, standard
- 1,995 long tons (2,027 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,740 long tons (2,784 t)
- Length
- 111.25 m (365 ft) OA
- Speed
- 33.8 knots (62.5 km/h, 38.8 mph)
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
- Armament
- 4 × QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval guns DP
- 6 × 40 mm AA guns
- 10 (2 × 5) tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMCS Ottawa (H31) | H31 | 1936 | Scrapped 1946 |
| HMS Gallant (H59) | H59 | 1935 | Sunk 1943 |
| HMS Garland (H37) | H37 | 1940 | Scrapped |
| HMS Gipsy (H63) | H63 | 1935 | Sunk 1939 |
| HMS Glowworm (H92) | H92 | 1936 | Sunk 1940 |
| HMS Grafton (H89) | H89 | 1936 | Scuttled 1940 |
| HMS Grenade (H86) | H86 | 1936 | Sunk 1940 |
| HMS Grenville (H03) | H03 | 1935 | Sunk 1940 |
| HMS Greyhound (H05) | H05 | 1935 | Sunk 1941 |
| HMS Griffin (H31) | H31 | 1936 | Scrapped 1946 |
| ORP Garland (H37) | H37 | 1940 | Scrapped |
Sources
- Facts harvested from G class destroyer (1944) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.