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   Saumarez

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Parker (ex-Frobisher)	G49, G71, G95, G75		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	6.1915	19.4.1916	11.1916	BU 11.1921
Grenville	G61, G85, G75, G95		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	6.1915	17.6.1916	10/1916	BU 12.1931
Hoste	G90		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	7.1915	16.8.1916	11.1916	collision 21.12.1916
Seymour	G00, G20, G00, D09		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	7.1915	31.8.1916	11/1916	BU 1.1930
Saumarez	G3A, G45, G25		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	7.1915	14.10.1916	12.1916	BU 1.1931
Anzac (RAN 3.1919)	F61, G50, G70, G60		Denny, Dumbarton	1.1916	11.1.1917	4.1917	BU 8.1935

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1660 - 1673
Displacement full, t	1912
Length, m	99.0
Breadth, m	9.70
Draught, m	3.70
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Parsons steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers Anzac: 3 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	36000
Max speed, kts	34
Fuel, t	oil 515
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(15)
Armament	4 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 2 x 2 - 533 TT
Complement	116

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Project history

Two repeat Kempenfelt class leaders were ordered in February 1915, Grenville and Frobisher (renamed Parker before launch), followed by orders for three more in July; in December 1915 a sixth was ordered from Denny Bros. Early in 1916 the C-in-C and Commodore (T) asked for modifications to future leaders, suggesting that they should have more freeboard, more guns bearing ahead and the bridge moved further aft. There was also a request for a slower roll, as the Kempenfelts had a very rapid period of roll. The DNC said that it would be extremely difficult to increase freeboard in most of the new leaders as frames were already being bent, but it might be feasible in Saumarez and Anzac (Nos 5 and 6), which could have 0.3m higher forecastles. This was finally approved only for Anzac. The bridge could be moved 4.0m aft by reducing the boiler rooms from three to two, allowing one 102mm gun to be put on a superimposed platform in 'B' position. As the forward boiler room now had two boilers the forward uptakes were combined in one thicker funnel, which was raised to keep smoke clear of the compass platform. The new profile was a great improvement, and the Parker class were a great success.     Anzac's higher forecastle and squarer-section funnels made her easy to distinguish from her sisters. All were distinguishable by the thick tall fore funnel.

Modernizations 8.

1918, Seymour: was converted to minelayer: - 2 x 1 - 102/40, 2 x 2 - 533 TT; + rails for 80 mines.

Naval service

Hoste collided with destroyer Negro off Shetland Islands 19.12.1916, two her depth-charges detonated and stern of ship was demolished. Ship was finally abandoned.