| Name |
Pennant |
Builder |
LCH |
Fate |
| Faulknor* |
H62 |
Yarrow |
12 June 1934 |
Scrapped Jan 1946 |
| Fame |
H78 |
Vickers Armstrong |
28 June 1934 |
To Dominican Rep as Generalisimo
1948 |
| Fearless |
H67 |
Cammel Laird |
12 April 1934 |
Torpedoed 12 July
1941 by Italian a/c |
| Firedrake |
H79 |
Vickers Armstrong |
28 June 1934 |
Torpedoed by U-211
17 Dec. 1942 |
| Forester |
H74 |
White |
28 June 1934 |
Scrapped June 1947 |
| Foresight |
H68 |
Cammell Laird |
29 June 1934 |
Torpedoed Aug. 1942
by Italian bomber |
| Fortune |
H70 |
Cydebank |
29 Aug. 1934 |
To RCN as Saskatchewan
1943, Scrapped Jan. 1946 |
| Foxhound |
H69 |
Clydebank |
12 Oct 1934 |
To RCN as Qui'Appelle
1944, Scrapped Dec. 1947 |
| Fury |
H76 |
White |
10 Sept. 1934 |
Mined off Normandy
June 1944, Scrapped Sept. 1944 |
* - Flotilla Leader
 |
| 1:600 general view of the pre-war "F"
class. © Andrew Arthur. |
This class was, as before, the
same as all the others.
Later, radar and HF/DF was fitted, and Y mount was replaced by
more depth-charges, In Fame, A gun was replaced by an
A/S "hedgehog", but the hedgehog was re-replaced by a
4.7" gun in 1945.
| Dimensions |
| Gross
Displacement |
? |
Length |
329' ( 343' Flotilla
Leaders ) |
| Net Displacement |
1350
tons or , Flotilla Leaders 1475 tons |
Beam |
33.25'
( 33.75' Flotilla Leaders) |
| Load |
? |
Draft |
8.5' ( 8.75' Flotilla Leaders ) |
| Performance
& Propulsion |
| Machinery |
4 x Admirality 3
drum boilers,, 2 x Steam Turbines @ 36000 hp ( 38000 hp
Flotilla Leaders ) |
| Speed |
35.5
kts ( 36 kts Flotilla Leaders ) |
| Armament &
Complement |
| Complement |
145 Officers &
Ratings, Flotilla Leaders 175 |
| Armament |
- Gun
- 4 x 1 x
4.7" DP
- 5 x 1 x
4.7" DP ( Flotilla Leaders )
- 1 x 1 x
3" 12pdr AA in ships with only 1 set
of tubes
- 2 x 4 x
0.5" MG
- Torpedoes
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