Wickes 1918
St. Albans 1942
| 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 |
|
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 |
|
Max speed, kn |
35 Lancaster, Mansfield, Montgomery: 32 |
|
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) |
| Sensors | type 141 sonar |
|
Complement |
146 |
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.
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