NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Belmont (ex-DD190 Satterlee)	H46	232	Newport News, USA	7/1918	21.12.1918	12/1919 // 10.1940	sunk 31.1.1942
Beverley (ex-DD197 Branch)	H64	239	Newport News, USA	10/1918	19.4.1919	7/1920 // 10.1940	sunk 11.4.1943
Bradford (ex-DD264 McLanahan)	H72	344	Bethlehem, Squantum, USA	4/1918	22.9.1918	4/1919 // 10.1940	BU 6.1946
Broadwater (ex-DD191 Mason)	H81	233	Newport News, USA	7/1918	8.3.1919	2/1920 // 10.1940	sunk 18.10.1941
Broadway (ex-DD194 Hunt)	H90	236	Newport News, USA	8/1918	14.2.1920	11/1920 // 10.1940	BU 3.1948
Burnham (ex-DD258 Aulick)	H82	338	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	12/1918	11.4.1919	7/1919 // 10.1940	BU 12.1948
Burwell (ex-DD263 Laub)	H94	343	Bethlehem, Squantum, USA	4/1918	25.8.1918	3/1919 // 10.1940	BU 3.1947
Buxton (ex-DD265 Edwards) (RCN 9.1942 - 6.1945)	H96	345	Bethlehem, Squantum, USA	4/1918	10.10.1918	4/1919 // 10.1940	BU 3.1946
Cameron (ex-DD257 Welles)	I05	337	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	11/1918	8.5.1919	9/1919 // 9.1940	CTL 15.12.1940, BU 11.1944
Chesterfield (ex-DD195 Welborn C. Wood)	I28	237	Newport News, USA	9/1918	6.3.1920	1/1921 // 9.1940	BU 3.1947
Churchill (ex-DD198 Herndon)	I45	240	Newport News, USA	11/1918	31.5.1919	9/1920 // 9.1940	to Soviet Union 3.1944 (Деятельный [Deyatelnyy])
Clare (ex-DD193 Abel P. Upshur)	I14	235	Newport News, USA	8/1918	14.2.1920	11/1920 // 9.1940	BU 3.1947
Ramsey (ex-DD274 Meade)	G60	354	Bethlehem, Squantum, USA	9/1918	24.5.1919	9/1919 // 11.1940	BU 7.1947
Reading (ex-DD269 Bailey)	G71	349	Bethlehem, Squantum, USA	6/1918	5.2.1919	7/1919 // 11.1940	BU 7.1945
Ripley (ex-DD268 Shubrick)	G79	348	Bethlehem, Squantum, USA	6/1918	31.12.1918	7/1919 // 11.1940	BU 3.1945
Rockingham (ex-DD273 Swasey)	G58	353	Bethlehem, Squantum, USA	8/1918	7.5.1919	8/1919 // 11.1940	sunk 27.9.1944
St. Croix (RCN) (ex-DD252 McCook)	I81	332	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	9.1918	31.1.1919	4.1919 // 9.1940	sunk 20.9.1943
St. Francis (RCN) (ex-DD256 Bancroft)	I93	336	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	11.1918	21.3.1919	6.1919 // 9.1940	collision 14.7.1945
Sherwood (ex-DD254 Rodgers, ex-Kalk)	I80	334	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	9/1918	26.4.1919	7/1919 // 10.1940	sunk as target 20.9.1943
Stanley (ex-DD253 McCalla)	I73	333	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	9/1918	28.3.1919	5/1919 // 10.1940	sunk 19.12.1941

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	35
Displacement standard, t	1190
Displacement full, t	1590
Length, m	94.5 wl 95.8 oa
Breadth, m	9.40
Draught, m	3.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	exact data is not available in many cases, following machinery composition is somewhat conjectural Belmont, Beverley, Broadwater, Broadway, Chesterfield, Churchill, Clare: 2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 White-Forster boilers Bradford, Burnham, Burwell, Buxton, Cameron, Ramsey, Reading, Ripley, Rockingham, St. Croix, St. Francis, Sherwood, Stanley: 2 Curtis steam turbines / 1 geared steam turbine for cruising, 4 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	26000 Burnham, Cameron, St. Croix, St. Francis, Sherwood, Stanley: 27000
Fuel, t	oil 375
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(14)
Armament	4 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 1 x 1 - 76/23 Mk 14, 3 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCR (10 - 15)
Electronic equipment	type 141 sonar
Complement	146

Standard scale images

Project history

In May, 1940 Sir Winston Churchill has suggested US president Roosevelt to take for 99-year use all English naval and aviation bases in Western hemisphere, in exchange for 50 old destroyers. Originally the request has been turned down, however after the heavy losses suffered by Royal Navy in the summer of the same year, Churchill nevertheless managed to persuade Roosevelt, and 2.9.1940 president has signed the agreement. Transferred destroyers concerned to numerous class of "flushdeckers" built in the USA in 1917-1920. Their distinctive feature were flyshdecked hull silhouette, a rhombic arrangement of main guns and powerful torpedo armament. Ships were sectioned into some groups, differing by macinery structure, number of funnels and a fuel stowage. Transfer passed from September till November, 1940, part at once has arrived to RCN. Though Admiralty was in great need in the ships for escort of Atlantic convoys, destroyers received from the USA needed many modernizing works to use them in this role. Armament of "flushdeckers" has not undergone some serious changes in 20 years of service and suited for the anti-air and anti-submarine tasks a little. Besides, insufficient, from the point of view of Admiralty, stability of ships demanded acceptance of measures for decrease of the top weight. As a whole update of former American destroyers repeated update to which have undergone in 1940 on old British WWI-era destroyers: British-constructed sonar was fitted, aft 102mm main gun was changed by 3'' AA, and short gun of the same calibre was removed, as well as pair of TT mounts. 4 DCTs were installed (rarely 2).

Modernizations

late 1940, all but Reading, Ramsey, St. Croix: - 1 x 1 - 102/50, 1 x 1 - 76/23, 2 x 3 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 4 DCT, DC stowage increased up to 60

late 1940, Reading, Ramsey: - 1 x 1 - 102/50, 1 x 1 - 76/23, 2 x 3 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 2 DCT, DC stowage increased up to 60

late 1940, St. Croix: - 2 x 3 - 533 TT; + 4 DCT, DC stowage increased up to 60

1941-1942, most: + type 271, type 286 radars

1941 - 1943, Beverley, Bradford, Broadway, Burnham, Buxton, Chesterfield, Churchill, Clare, Ripley, Rockingham, St. Francis, Stanley: - 2 x 1 - 102/50, 1 x 3 - 533 TT; + (2 - 4) x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV or 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL. TT was moved to center line.

1942 - 1943, St. Francis: 1 boiler and its funnel were removed. Fuel stowage rose. Engine power and maximal speed were decreased.

1942 - 1943, Bradford, Clare, Stanley: 2 boilers with its funnels were removed. Engine power was deceased to 13500 h. p. and maximal speed to 25 kts. Fuel stowage rose. + 4 DCT

1943-1944, some: - type 286 radar; + type 291 radar

1/1946, Burwell: 3 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 12, 1 x 1 - 76/45 Mk II, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60), type 271, type 286 or type 291 radars, type 141 sonar

1/1946, Bradford, Broadway, Burnham, Buxton, Chesterfield, Clare: 1 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 12, 1 x 1 - 76/45 Mk II, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60), type 271, type 286 or type 291 radars, type 141 sonar

1/1946, Bradford, Clare: 1 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 12, 1 x 1 - 76/45 Mk II, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (110), type 271, type 286 or type 291 radars, type 141 sonar

1/1946, Ramsey: 3 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 12, 1 x 1 - 76/45 Mk II, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (60), type 271, type 286 or type 291 radars, type 141 sonar

Naval service

Broadwater 18.10.1941 was sunk by German submarine U101 at South coast of Ireland. Stanley was sunk 19.12.1941 at SW coast of Portugal by German submarine U574. Belmont 31.1.1942 was sunk by German submarine U82 at Halifax. Beverley 9.4.1943 was badly damaged at collision with s/s Cairnvolona and 11.4.1943 sunk by German submarine U188 in Western Atlantic. St. Croix was sunk by German submarine U305 S of Iceland 20.9.1943. Rockingham was mined at Aberdeen 27.9.1944. Chesterfield in February, 1943 was damaged at explosion of own DCs and was under repair till November. Sherwood was sunk as a target for aircraft 30.11.1943. Cameron was badly damaged 15.12.1940 in Portsmouth and not repaired, she was used as a hulk since 1941 and handed over for BU in November, 1944.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.