NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Avon Vale	L06, 1948- F206	569	John Brown, Clydebank	2/1940	23.10.1940	2/1941	BU 5.1958
Badsworth	L03	1055	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	5/1940	17.3.1941	8/1941	to Norway 11.1944 (Arendal)
Beaufort	L14, 1948- F14	1056	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	7/1940	9.6.1941	11/1941	to Norway late 1952 (Haugesund)
Bedale	L26, 1948- F126	629	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	5/1940	23.7.1941	6.1942 // 8.1946	to Poland 4.1942 - 8.1946 (Ślązak), to India 4.1953 (गोदावरी [Godavari])
Bicester	L34, 1948- F134	630	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	5/1940	5.9.1941	5/1942	BU 8.1956
Blackmore	L43, 1948- F143	579	A. Stephens, Linthouse	2/1941	2.12.1941	4/1942	to Denmark late 1952 (Esbern Snare)
Blankney	L30, 1948- F130	570	John Brown, Clydebank	5/1940	19.12.1940	4/1941	BU 3.1959
Bramham	L51	580	A. Stephens, Linthouse	4/1941	29.1.1942	6/1942	to Greece 3.1943 (Θεμιστοκλής [Themistokles])
Calpe	L71, 1948- F171	1595	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	6/1940	28.4.1941	12/1941	to Denmark late 1952 (Rolf Krake)
Chiddingfold	L31, 1948- F131	586	Scotts, Greenock	3/1940	10.3.1941	10/1941	to India 6.1954 (गंगा [Ganga])
Cowdray	L52, 1948- F152	587	Scotts, Greenock	4/1940	22.7.1941	7/1942	to Greece 3-6/1944 (Άστιγξ [Astings]), BU 9.1959
Croome	L62, 1948- F162	577	A. Stephens, Linthouse	6/1940	30.1.1941	6/1941	BU 8.1957
Dulverton	L63	578	A. Stephens, Linthouse	7/1940	1.4.1941	9/1941	sunk 13.11.1943
Eridge	L68	1581	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	11/1939	20.8.1940	2/1941	CTL 29.8.1942
Exmoor (ex-Burton)	L08, 1948- F08	1593	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	6/1940	12.3.1941	10/1941	to Denmark early 1953 (Valdemar Sejr)
Farndale	L70, 1948- F70	1583	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	11/1939	30.9.1940	4/1941	BU 12.1962
Grove	L77	1597	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	8/1940	29.5.1941	2/1942	sunk 12.6.1942
Heythrop	L85	1585	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	12/1939	30.10.1940	6/1941	sunk 20.3.1942
Hursley	L84	1599	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	12/1940	25.7.1941	4/1942	to Greece 12.1943 (Κρήτη [Kriti])
Hurworth	L28	25	Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	4/1940	10.4.1941	10/1941	sunk 22.10.1943
Lamerton	L88, 1948- F88	1587	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	4/1940	14.12.1940	8/1941	to India 4.1953 (गोमती [Gomati])
Lauderdale	L95	1212	Thornycroft, Woolston	12/1939	5.8.1941	12/1941	to Greece 5.1946 (Αιγαίον [Aigaion])
Ledbury	L90, 1948- F190	1213	Thornycroft, Woolston	1/1940	27.9.1941	2/1942	BU 5.1958
Middleton	L74, 1948- F174	26	Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	4/1940	12.5.1941	1/1942	hulk 1955, BU 10.1957
Oakley	L72	21	Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	11/1939	30.10.1940	6.1941 // ---	to Poland at commission 6.1941 (Kujawiak)
Oakley (ex-Tickham)	L98, 1948- F198	1753	Yarrow, Scotstoun	8/1940	15.1.1942	5/1942	to West Germany 10.1958 (Gneisenau)
Puckeridge	L108	1900	White, Cowes	1/1940	6.3.1941	7/1941	sunk 6.9.1943
Silverton	L115, 1948- F55	1899	White, Cowes	12/1939	4.12.1940	5.1941 // 9.1946	to Poland at commission 5.1941 - 9.1946 (Krakowiak), BU 3.1959
Southwold	L10	1905	White, Cowes	7/1940	29.5.1941	10/1941	sunk 24.3.1942
Tetcott	L99, 1948- F199	1906	White, Cowes	7/1940	12.8.1941	12/1941	BU 9.1956
Wheatland	L122, 1948- F22	1744	Yarrow, Scotstoun	5/1940	7.6.1941	11/1941	BU 9.1959
Wilton	L128, 1948- F128	1750	Yarrow, Scotstoun	6/1940	17.10.1941	2/1942	BU 11.1959
Zetland	L59, 1948- F59	1754	Yarrow, Scotstoun	10/1940	7.3.1942	6/1942	to Norway late1952 (Tromsø)

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	27
Displacement standard, t	1050
Displacement full, t	1580 - 1625
Length, m	80.5 pp 85.3 oa
Breadth, m	9.60
Draught, m	3.78 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	19000
Fuel, t	oil 265 Avon Vale, Bramham, Cowdray: oil 328
Endurance, nm(kts)	2100(20)
Armament	3 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 1 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 DCT, 3 DCR (30 - 60)
Electronic equipment	type 285, type 286/P radars, type 128 sonar
Complement	168

Standard scale images

Project history

Redesigned "Hunt I" with increased by 0.8m breadth for improvement of stability. In the remaining these ships corresponded to an original design. Part of ships never received stabilizers, and the exempted volume was used for placing of an additional stock of fuel.

Modernizations

1942 - 1943, Avon Vale, Bedale, Cowdray, Lamerton, Lauderdale: + 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII

1942-1943, many: + type 271 radar

1943 - 1944, all survived: + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV

1943-1944, most: - type 286/P radar; + type 291 radar

1945, Beaufort, Exmoor: - 4 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III

1/1946, Bicester, Blackmore, Blankney, Calpe, Chiddingfold, Croome, Farndale, Ledbury, Middleton, Oakley, Silverton (9/1946), Tetcott, Wheatland, Wilton, Zetland: 3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XIX, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 DCT, 3 DCR (60), type 271 (some), type 285, type 291 radars, type 128 sonar

1/1946, Beaufort, Exmoor: 3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XIX, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 2 DCT, 3 DCR (60), type 271 (some), type 285, type 291 radars, type 128 sonar

1/1946, Avon Vale, Bedale (8/1946), Cowdray, Lamerton, Ledbury: 3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XIX, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 1 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 DCT, 3 DCR (60), type 271 (some), type 285, type 291 radars, type 128 sonar

Naval service

Heythrop was sunk 20.3.1942 by German submarine U652 at Sollum. Grove was sunk 12.6.1942 by German submarine U77 at Sollum. Puckeridge was sunk 6.9.1943 at Gibraltar by German submarine U617. Dulverton was sunk 13.11.1943 by German Hs 293 gliding bomb launched by Do 217 bomber at Leros. Southwold was mined 23.2.1942 at Malta by German mine; Hurworth 22.10.1943 was mined at Kalymnos Island by German mine. Eridge was badly damaged by Italian explosive boats 29.8.1942, never repaired and used as a depot ship in Alexandria. Farndale was badly damaged by bombs in February, 1942 but subsequently repaired. Avon Vale in January, 1943 was badly damaged by an aircraft torpedo and subsequently repaired. Ships of class were reclassified to frigates in 1947.

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