"D" Class Fleet Destroyers
 
Name Pennant Builder LCH Status
Duncan * D99 Portsmouth 7 July 1932 Scrapped Nov. 1945
Dainty H53 Fairfield 3 May 1932 Bombed Feb. 1941off Tobruk
Daring H16 Thornycroft 7 April 1932 Torpedoed Feb. 1940 by U-23
Decoy H75 Thornycroft 7 June 1932 To RCN as Kootenay, 1943, Scrapped Jan. 1946
Defender H07 Vickers Armstrong 7 April 1932 Bombed 11 July 1941 by Italian bombers
Delight H38 Fairfield 2 June 1932 Bombed 9 July 1940 Dunkirk
Diamond H22 Vickers Armstrong 8 April 1932 Bombed 27 April 1941 Italian bombers
Diana H49 Palmers 16 June 1932 To RCN as Margaree, 1940, Lost 22 Oct. 1940
Duchess H64 Palmers 19 July 1932 Lost Dec. 1939 in collision with battleship Barham

* - Flotilla Leader

As they carried a 3" AA gun very early on, the "D" class always had a very short after funnel. © Andrew Arthur.
Decoy with her wartime changes. Four 20mm AA added, "Y" gun replaced by DC's and a 12pdr. AA gun replaced the after tubes. SW.272 replaced the director and AA ramgefinder. © Andrew Arthur.

These ships were repeats of the small "C" class, but shipped two throwers and one rack for depth-charges instead of minesweeping gear, and lacked the divided bridge of the "C".
The original single pom-poms were replaced by multiple MG AA, on raised platforms in the wings for better fire arcs - but not all were fitted with these due to short supply problems.
Daring and Decoy were fitted as divisional leaders to cope with the workload the unelarged Duncan could not handle.
In 1936 the 3" AA gun was replaced by two single 2 pound guns.
Later, remaining vessels were altered as they were refitted, and recieved a 12 pounder AA gun in place of one torpedo bank, and Duncan recieved a hedgehog inplace of "A" turret. most vessels had their 2 pound guns and machine guns replaced with 20mm cannons later on.

Dimensions
Full Displacement 1890 tons Length 329'
Empty Displacement 1375 tons Beam 33'
Load 515 tons Draft 8.5'

 

Performance & Propulsion
Machinery 4 x Admirality 3 drum boilers, 2 x Parsons Steam Turbines @ 36000 hp
Speed 35.5 kts

 

Armament & Complement
Complement 145 Officers & Ratings, Flotilla & Divisional Leaders 165
Armament
  • Gun
    • 4 x 1 x 4.7" DP
    • 2 x 1 x 2 pdr pom-pom AA
    • 2 x 4 x 0.5" MG AA or;
    • 2 x 1 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
  • Torpedoes
    • 2 x 4 x 21" tubes
  • ASW
    • 2 x DC throwers
    • 1 x DC rack
Armament
Duncan, later
  • Gun
    • 3 x 1 x 4.7" DP
    • 1 x 1 x 3" 12pdr AA
    • 2 x 1 x 2pdr pom-pom AA
    • 4 x 1 x 20mm Oerlikon AA
  • Torpedoes
    • 1 x 4 x 21" tubes
  • ASW
    • 1 x Hedgehog DC thrower
    • 2 x DC throwers
    • 1 x DC rack
   
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