St. Albans 1942
Lincoln 1942
St. Albans 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Bath (ex-Bath, ex-Hopewell) | I17 | Newport News, USA | 1/1918 | 8.6.1918 | 3/1919 // 4.1941 | sunk 19.8.1941 | |
| Lincoln (ex-Lincoln, ex-Yarnall) | G42 | Cramp, Philadelphia, USA | 2/1918 | 19.6.1918 | 11/1918 // 6.1942 | to UK 2.1944 (Lincoln) | |
| Mansfield (ex-Mansfield, ex-Evans) | G76 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 12/1917 | 30.10.1918 | 11/1918 // 12.1940 | to UK 2.1942 (Mansfield) | |
| Newport (ex-Newport, ex-Sigourney) | G54 | Bethlehem, Quincy, USA | 8/1917 | 16.12.1917 | 5/1918 // 10.1941 | to UK 6.1942 (Newport) | |
| St. Albans (ex-St. Albans, ex-Thomas) | I15 | Newport News, USA | 3/1918 | 4.7.1918 | 4/1919 // 4.1941 | to UK 2.1944 (St. Albans) |
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Displacement standard, t |
Bath, Newport, St. Albans: 1060 Lincoln, Mansfield: 1090 |
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Displacement full, t |
Bath, Newport, St. Albans: 1360 Lincoln, Mansfield: 1390 |
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Length, m |
94.5 wl 95.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.40 |
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Draught, m |
2.80 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
exact data is not available in many cases, following machinery composition is somewhat conjectural Bath, St. Albans: 2 sets General Electric Curtis geared steam turbines, 4 Thornycroft boilers Newport: 2 Curtis steam turbines / 1 geared steam turbine for cruising, 4 Yarrow boilers Mansfield: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Normand boilers Lincoln: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 White-Forster boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Bath, Lincoln, St. Albans: 26000 Mansfield: 24200 Newport: 27000 |
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Max speed, kts |
35 Mansfield: 32 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 275 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4300(14) |
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Armament |
Bath, Mansfield, Newport: 3 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 3 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60) St. Albans: 3 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 1 x 1 - 76/23 Mk 14, 3 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60) Lincoln: 1 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk I/II/III/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 141 sonar Lincoln presumably: type 271, type 286 radars, type 141 sonar |
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Complement |
146 |
Project history: Former British destroyers of "Town" class (ex-USN flushdeckers). Part from them served under national colours, part under British, but with Norwegian crews. English names did not change.
Modernizations: 1942 - 1943, Mansfield: - 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 QF Mk VIII, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog DCT. TT was moved to center line.
1943-1944, presumably survived: - type 286 radar; + type 291 radar
Naval service: Bath 19.8.1941 was sunk in Northern Atlantic by German submarine U204 (under other version U201).
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