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HMS Greyhound was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s. Greyhound participated in the Norwegian Campaign in April 1940, the Dunkirk evacuation in May and the Battle of Dakar in September before being transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in November.
Technical drawing of the Fletcher-class destroyer Launch of Fletcher and Radford, 3 May 1942 World War II Destroyer Shipbuilders map from Department of Defense (DoD) The Fletcher class was the first generation of destroyers designed after the series of naval treaties that had limited ship designs heretofore.
HMS Greyhound (1859) was a Greyhound-class sloop launched in 1859, reduced to harbour service in 1869, and sold 1906; HMS Greyhound (1900) was a Greyhound-class destroyer in service from 1900 to 1919; HMS Greyhound (H05) was a G-class destroyer launched in 1935 and sunk by German dive bombers in 1941
The G- and H-class destroyers were a group of 18 destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. Six additional ships being built for the Brazilian Navy when World War II began in 1939 were purchased by the British and named the Havant class.
Destroyer 2,050 23 April 1943 decommissioned 1965, scrapped 1975 [6] Abner Read: Destroyer 2,050 5 February 1943 sunk 1 November 1944 Acasta Royal Navy: A: Destroyer 1,350 11 February 1930 sunk 8 June 1940 [7] Achates: Destroyer 1,350 27 March 1930 sunk 31 December 1942 Acheron: Destroyer 1,350 13 October 1931 sunk 17 December 1940 Active ...
Greyhound-class destroyer; G. HMS Greyhound (1900) R. HMS Racehorse (1900) HMS Roebuck (1901) This page was last edited on 4 April 2013, at 05:33 (UTC). Text is ...
USS Fletcher (DD/DDE-445), named for Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, was the lead Fletcher-class destroyer, and served in the Pacific during World War II. She received fifteen battle stars for World War II service, and five for Korean War service. Fletcher was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, on 2 ...
The main armament was changed from the 130 mm used on the Wicher-class destroyer to the standard British destroyer calibre of 4.7 inch (120 mm). However, the guns were not British, but were instead Swedish Bofors 50cal QF M34/36, the same as those used previously on the minelayer ORP Gryf .