:::: Naval Vessels - GREAT BRITAIN - DESTROYERS
TOWN CLASS x 2
Code - N1517
£1.35
Class - 48
Date - 1940
Description - “TOWN” CLASS x 2 N1517
Group of 48 U.S. destroyers transferred to R.N. in 1940.
Annapolis, Bath, Belmont, Beverley, Brighton, Bradford, Broadway, Broadwater, Burnham, Burwell,Buxton, Cameron, Campbletown, Caldwell, Castleton, Charlestown, Chelsea,
Chesterfield, Churchill, Clare, Columbia, Georgetown, Hamilton, Lancaster, Leamington,
Lewes, Lincoln, Mansfield, Montgomery, Newark, Newmarket, Newport, Niagara,
Ramsey, Reading, Richmond, Ripley, Rockingham, Roxburgh, St. Albans, St. Clair,
St. Mary’s., St. Croix, St. Francis, Salisbury, Sherwood, Stanley & Wells.
Displacement 1,060 tons Speed 35 kn.
Dimensions 309'x30'6"x8'6"
Armament 1 x 4", 1 x 12 pdr., 3/4 x 20mm
Torpedo Tubes 6 x 21" (Armament usually much
reduced from original 4 x 4”, & 12 x 21” T.T.in RN)
