:::: Naval Vessels - GREAT BRITAIN - DESTROYERS
LANCE CLASS x 2
Code - N1509
£1.35
Class - 4
Date - 1940
Description - H.M.S. LANCE x 2 N1509
Originally designed as “L” class Fleet destroyers
but modified while building to Anti-Aircraft
Destroyers. All saw extensive service, mostly in the
Mediterranean, where all were lost during WW2.
Sisters:- Legion, Lively and Gurkha (ex-Larne).
Displacement 1,920 tons
Dimensions 345’ x 37’ x 10’
Armament 8 x 4” A.A., 4 x 2 pdr,
2 x 20mm, 8 x 0.5” M.G.
Torpedo Tubes 8 x 21”
