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The Tribal class, or Afridi class, was a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy that saw service in World War II. Originally conceived during design studies for a light fleet cruiser, [ 1 ] the Tribals evolved into fast, powerful destroyers, with greater emphasis on guns over torpedoes than ...
The United States Navy commissioned 175 Fletcher-class destroyers between 1942 and 1944, more than any other destroyer class, and the design was generally regarded as highly successful. The Fletcher s had a design speed of 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) and a principal armament of five 5-inch (127 mm) guns in single mounts with ten 21-inch (530 mm ...
The Tribal or F class was a class of destroyers built for the Royal Navy. Twelve ships were built between 1905 and 1908 and all saw service during World War I , where they saw action in the North Sea and English Channel as part of the 6th Flotilla and Dover Patrols .
Sunk, 1 February 1943 [11] Bache DD-470 Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Staten Island, New York: 19 November 1941 [12] 7 July 1942 14 November 1942 [12] 4 February 1946 [12] Wrecked, 6 February 1968 [12] 1 October 1951 [12] 1 March 1968 [12] Beale DD-471 19 December 1941 24 August 1942 23 December 1942 11 April 1946 Sunk as target, 24 June 1969 : ...
Tribal class can refer to several classes of warship: Tribal-class destroyer (1905) or F class, 12 destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the early 1900s and operating during World War I Tribal-class destroyer (1936) or Afridi class, 27 destroyers built for the navies of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia that served during World War II
Iroquois-class destroyers (also known as the DDG 280 class [1] or ambiguously as the Tribal class [2]) were a class of four helicopter-carrying, guided missile destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy. The ships were named to honour the First Nations of Canada. The Iroquois class are notable as the first all-gas turbine powered ships of this type.
Blanco Encalada class — 2 ships and 1 spare ship, ex-Fletcher class; Serrano class — 4 ships, ex-Buckley class; Ministro Zenteno class — 2 ships, ex-Allen M. Sumner class; Prat class — 4 ships, ex-County class
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 ...