Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

Destroyer escort class

Harbour defence motor launch

The class in numbers

  • 486 Completed

Design and service

Type
Destroyer escort

Class specifications

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

As built
Displacement, full load
54 long tons (55 t)
Length
21.95 m (72 ft)
Speed
12.5 knots (23.2 km/h, 14.4 mph)
Main gun
20 mm (0.8 in)
Armament
  • Typically twin 20mm Oerlikons, twin Vickers K machine guns and six depth charges

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