NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Annapolis (RCN) (ex-Mackenzie)	I04	195	Union Iron Wks, San Francisco, USA	7.1918	19.9.1918	7.1919 // 9.1940	BU 6.1945
Bath (ex-Hopewell)	I17	223	Newport News, USA	1/1918	8.6.1918	3/1919 // 9.1940	to Norway 4.1941 (Bath)
Brighton (ex-Cowell)	I08	327	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	7/1918	23.11.1918	3/1919 // 9.1940	to Soviet Union 3.1944 (Жаркий [Zharkiy])
Campbelltown (ex-Buchanan)	I42	78	Bath Iron Wks, USA	6/1918	2.1.1919	1/1919 // 9.1940	to Netherlands 1-10/1941 (Campbelltown), sunk 28.3.1942
Caldwell (ex-Hale) (RCN 7.1942 - 12.1944)	I20	80	Bath Iron Wks, USA	10/1918	29.5.1919	6/1919 // 9.1940	BU 12.1944
Castleton (ex-Aaron Ward)	I23	79	Bath Iron Wks, USA	8/1918	10.4.1919	4/1919 // 9.1940	BU 3.1947
Charlestown (ex-Abbot)	I21	226	Newport News, USA	4/1918	4.7.1918	6/1919 // 9.1940	collision 12.1944, BU 1945
Chelsea (ex-Crowninshield) (RCN 11.1942 - 12.1943)	I35	81	Bath Iron Wks, USA	11/1918	24.7.1919	8/1919 // 9.1940	to Soviet Union 3.1944 (Дерзкий [Derzkiy])
Columbia (RCN) (ex-Haraden)	I49	225	Newport News, USA	3/1918	4.7.1918	6/1919 // 9.1940	damaged 25.2.1944, never repaired, BU 1945
Georgetown (ex-Maddox) (RCN 9.1942 - 12.1943)	I40	328	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	7/1918	27.10.1918	3/1919 // 9.1940	to Soviet Union 3.1944 (Жёсткий [Zhostkiy])
Hamilton (RCN) (ex-Kalk, ex-Rogers)	I24	330	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	8/1918	21.12.1918	3/1919 // 9.1940	BU 8.1945
Lancaster (ex-Philip) (RCN 1942 - 1944)	G05	75	Bath Iron Wks, USA	9/1917	25.7.1918	8/1918 // 10.1940	BU 2.1947
Leamington (ex-Twiggs) (RCN 12.1942 - 12.1943)	G19	212	New York SB, USA	1/1918	28.9.1918	7/1919 // 10.1940	to Soviet Union 3.1944 (Жгучий [Zhguchiy])
Lincoln (ex-Yarnall)	G42	458	Cramp, Philadelphia, USA	2/1918	19.6.1918	11/1918 // 10.1940	to Norway 6.1942 - 2.1944 (Lincoln), to Soviet Union 8.1944 (Дружный [Druzhnyy])
Mansfield (ex-Evans) (RCN 9.1942 - 6.1944)	G76	77	Bath Iron Wks, USA	12/1917	30.10.1918	11/1918 // 10.1940	to Norway 12.1940 - 2.1942 (Mansfield), BU 6.1944
Montgomery (ex-Wickes) (RCN 1942 - 1943)	G95	74	Bath Iron Wks, USA	6/1917	25.6.1918	7/1918 // 10.1940	BU spring 1945
Newark (ex-Ringgold)	G08	158	Union Iron Wks, San Francisco, USA	10/1917	14.4.1918	11/1918 // 11.1940	BU 2.1947
Newmarket (ex-Robinson)	G47	157	Union Iron Wks, San Francisco, USA	10/1917	28.3.1918	10/1918 // 11.1940	BU 9.1945
Newport (ex-Sigourney)	G54	276	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	8/1917	16.12.1917	5/1918 // 11.1940	to Norway 10.1941 - 6.1942 (Newport), stricken 1.1945
Niagara (RCN) (ex-Thatcher)	I57	322	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	6/1918	31.8.1918	1/1919 // 9.1940	stricken 9.1945
Richmond (ex-Fairfax) (RCN 8.1943 - 12.1943)	G88		Mare Island N Yd, USA	7/1917	15.12.1917	4/1918 // 10.1940	to Soviet Union 3.1944 (Живучий [Zhivuchiy])
Roxburgh (ex-Foote)	I07	329	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	8/1918	14.12.1918	3/1919 // 9.1940	to Soviet Union 3.1944 (Доблестный [Doblestnyy])
St. Albans (ex-Thomas)	I15	224	Newport News, USA	3/1918	4.7.1918	4/1919 // 9.1940	to Norway 4.1941 - 2.1944 (St. Albans), to Soviet Union 3.1944 (Достойный [Dostoynyy])
St. Clair (RCN) (ex-Williams)	I65	186	Union Iron Wks, San Francisco, USA	3/1918	4.7.1918	3/1919 // 9.1940	stricken 10.1946
St. Mary's (ex-Doran, ex-Bagley)	I12	227	Newport News, USA	5/1918	19.10.1918	8/1919 // 9.1940	BU 3.1945
Salisbury (ex-Claxton) (RCN 9.1942 - 12.1943)	I52		Mare Island N Yd, USA	4.1918	15.1.1919	9.1919 // 10.1940	BU 6.1944
Wells (ex-Tillman)	I95		Charleston N Yd, USA	7.1918	7.7.1919	4.1920 // 11.1940	BU 7.1945

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	35 Lancaster, Mansfield, Montgomery: 32
Displacement standard, t	1090
Displacement full, t	1360 - 1390
Length, m	94.5 wl 95.8 oa
Breadth, m	9.40
Draught, m	2.80
No of shafts	2
Machinery	exact data is not available in many cases, following machinery composition is somewhat conjectural Annapolis, Newark, Newmarket, St. Clair: 2 sets General Electric Curtis geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers Bath, Charlestown, Columbia, St. Albans, St. Mary's: 2 sets General Electric Curtis geared steam turbines, 4 Thornycroft boilers Brighton, Georgetown, Hamilton, Newport, Niagara, Roxburgh: 2 Curtis steam turbines / 1 geared steam turbine for cruising, 4 Yarrow boilers Campbelltown, Caldwell, Castleton, Chelsea, Lancaster, Mansfield, Montgomery, Richmond, Salisbury, Wells: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Normand boilers Leamington, Lincoln: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 White-Forster boilers
Power, h. p.	26000 Lancaster, Mansfield, Montgomery: 24200 Annapolis, Brighton, Georgetown, Hamilton, Newark, Newmarket, Newport, Niagara, Roxburgh, St. Clair: 27000
Fuel, t	oil 275 Salisbury: oil 288
Endurance, nm(kts)	4300(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 Niagara, Columbia, Roxburgh, St. Albans and St. Clair: - 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, Niagara: - 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, Roxburgh: - 1 x 1 - 102/50, 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, St. Albans: - 1 x 1 - 102/50, 4 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, St. Clair, Columbia: - 2 x 3 - 533 TT; + 4 DCT, DC stowage increased up to 60

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

1941 - 1943, Annapolis, Castleton, Chelsea, Georgetown, Hamilton, Lincoln, Mansfield, Montgomery, Newark, Newmarket, Richmond, Salisbury, Wells: - 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.

1941 - 1943, Roxburgh: - 2 x 1 - 102/50, 1 x 1 - 76/23, 1 x 3 - 533 TT; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL. TT was moved to center line.

1942, Niagara: - 1 x 3 - 533 TT. TT was moved to center line.

1942, Brighton: - 2 x 1 - 102/50, 1 x 3 - 533 TT; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV. TT was moved to center line.

1942, Columbia: - 3 x 1 - 102/50, 1 x 1 - 76/23, 1 x 3 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL. TT was moved to center line.

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

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

1/1946, Castleton, Newark: 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, Lancaster: 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

Naval service

Campbeltown has become famous 28.3.1942 when she has acted in a role of a fire ship for demolition of dry dock in St. Nazaire. She has been camouflaged as German Möwe class torpedo boat for this purpose, armament consisted from only one 3'' gun. Bath was sunk by German submarine U201 SW of Ireland 19.8.1941. Brighton 25.6.1941 was damaged at collision with cruiser Kenya, repair lasted till October, 1941. The fwd superstructure of Roxburgh was completely destroyed in January, 1943 during a storm, 11 people were lost, including all officers: only one officer was remained alive who has fetched the ship in a port; destroyer was repaired till April, 1943. Columbia was damaged by a mine 25.2.1944 (fore part was broken off) and was not under repair; she was a hulk since 1944.

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