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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 ...
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
Ships of the Fletcher destroyer class Name Hull no. Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned / Recommissioned Decommissioned Fate Fletcher DD-445 Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey: 2 October 1941 3 May 1942 30 June 1942 15 January 1947 Sold for scrap, 22 February 1972 [2] 3 October 1949 [3] 1 October 1969 Radford DD-446
The Knights finished 23-7 last season and won the Division II state championship, beating Zanesville Maysville 68-54. They return R.J. Greer, who led the team with 16.0 points per game and shot ...
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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.
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