Chiddingfold 1942
Zetland 1942
Bicester 1943
| 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) |
|
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 |
|
Max speed, kn |
27 |
|
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) |
| Sensors | type 285, type 286/P radars, type 128 sonar |
|
Complement |
168 |
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.
© Ivan Gogin, 2008-15