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  2. British World War II destroyers - Wikipedia

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    The sub-class names are derived from the initial two letters of the member ships' names, although the "Ca" class were originally ordered with a heterogeneous mix of traditional destroyer names. A fifth flotilla, the "Ce" or 15th Emergency Flotilla, was planned but were cancelled in favour of the Weapon-class destroyers after only the first two ...

  3. List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    In 1913, lettered names were given to all Royal Navy destroyers, previously known after the first ship of that class. The River or E class of 1913 were the first destroyers of the Royal Navy with a high forecastles instead of "turtleback" bow making this the first class with a more recognizable modern configuration.

  4. List of destroyers of World War II - Wikipedia

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    List of destroyers of World War II Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Aaron Ward (DD-483) United States Navy: Gleaves: Destroyer 1,630 4 March 1942 sunk 7 April 1943 [5] Aaron Ward (DM-34) Robert H. Smith: Destroyer minelayer: 2,200 28 October 1944 decommissioned 1945, sold for scrap 1946 Abbot: Fletcher ...

  5. Naming conventions for destroyers of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    The last class of ships built with mixed names were the Acasta or K class of the 1911–1912 program. From the L class of the 1912–1913 program onwards, ships took the initial letter of their name from the class letter, although large classes such as the M, R, and S were allocated more than one initial letter.

  6. List of classes of British ships of World War II - Wikipedia

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    HMS Suffolk (55) was one of the Kent subclass of the County-class heavy cruisers Heavy cruisers were defined by international agreement pre-war for the purposes of arms limitation as those with guns greater than 6-inch (152 mm); ships of guns of 6-inch or less were light cruisers.

  7. C-class destroyer (1943) - Wikipedia

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    The sub-class names are derived from the initial 2 letters of the member ships' names, although the "Ca" class were originally ordered with a heterogeneous mix of traditional destroyer names. A fifth flotilla, the "Ce" or 15th Emergency Flotilla, was planned but were cancelled in favour of the Weapon-class destroyers after only the first two ...

  8. List of destroyer classes - Wikipedia

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    In 1913, lettered names were given to all Royal Navy destroyers, previously known after the first ship of that class. The River or E class of 1913 were the first destroyers of the Royal Navy with a recognisable modern configuration. River or E class — 33 ships; Tribal or F class — 13 ships; Beagle or G class — 16 ships; Acorn or H class ...

  9. Category : World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom

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    This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) British World War II destroyers; War Emergency Programme destroyers; A. USS Aaron Ward (DD-132) USS Abbot ...