Hastings 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Folkestone | L22 - U22 | 1405 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 5/1929 | 12.2.1930 | 6/1930 | BU 5.1947 |
| Hastings | L27 - U27 | Devonport DYd | 7/1929 | 10.4.1930 | 11/1930 | BU 4.1946 | |
| Penzance | L28 - U28 | Devonport DYd | 7/1929 | 10.4.1930 | 1/1931 | sunk 24.8.1940 | |
| Scarborough | L25 - U25, 1948- F... | 1407 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 5/1929 | 14.3.1930 | 7/1930 | BU 6.1949 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1045 |
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Displacement full, t |
1640 |
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Length, m |
81.2 |
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Breadth, m |
10.4 |
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Draught, m |
3.81 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2000 |
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Max speed, kn |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 312 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4750(15) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V (1 HA), 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear, 2 DCR (8) Hastings: 2 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V (1 HA), 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear, 2 DCR (8), 18 - 22 mines |
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Complement |
100 |
Project history: Ships of Hastings class were designed under 1928 Programme and differed from the Bridgewater class only by increased fuel stowage.
Modernizations: 1937, Hastings as fishery protection vessel was temporarily armed with 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV gun only
1938, Hastings was rearmed with 2 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V (HA), 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, mechanical minesweeping gear, 2 DCR (8)
1938, Hastings; 1939, Penzance: both 102/45mm guns can be used as AA
5/1939, Folkestone; early 1939, Scarborough: were disarmed and employed as survey vessels.
late 1939, Folkestone: + 1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V (LA), 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40), type 121 or type 124 sonar
late 1939, Hastings: - 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 2 DCT, DC stowage was increased up to 40, type 121 or type 124 sonar
12/1939, Scarborough: was armed with 1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V (LA), 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40), type 121 or type 124 sonar
1941, Folkestone: + 1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, type 286M radar
1941, Hastings: + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, type 286M radar
1941, Scarborough: + type 286M radar
1942, Hastings: - type 286M radar, type 121 or type 124 sonar; + 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, type 271 radar, type 144 sonar
1942, Scarborough: - type 286M radar; + 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, type 271 radar
1942, Folkestone: - 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, type 286M radar, type 121 or type 124 sonar; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog AWSRL, type 271 radar, type 144 sonar
1943, Scarborough: - type 121 or type 124 sonar, + 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, type 144 sonar
1943, Folkestone: + type 291 radar
1943 - 1944, all survived: + 2 DCT, 1 DCR, DC stowage was increased up to 90
1/1946, Folkestone: 2 x 1 - 102/45 HA Mk III, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, mechanical minesweeping gear, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (90), type 271, type 291 radar, type 144 sonar
1/1946, Hastings: 2 x 1 - 102/45 HA Mk III, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, mechanical minesweeping gear, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (90), type 271 radar, type 144 sonar
1/1946, Scarborough: 2 x 1 - 102/45 HA Mk III, 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, mechanical minesweeping gear, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (90), type 271 radar, type 144 sonar
Naval service: Hastings after damage as result of beaching in 1935 a short time used as the fisheries protection vessel (submitted to the Ministry of Trade and formally was not a part of Navy), her armament thus consisted only from one 102/40mm gun. In 1938 Scarborough and Folkestone were disarmed and converted to rescue vessels. Next year they were re-classified to sloops. Penzance was sunk 28.8.1940 by German submarine U37.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
Scarborough 1939
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