E and F class destroyer

E and F class destroyer

The E and F class was a class of eighteen destroyers of the Royal Navy that served during World War II. Three ships were later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy, one to the Royal Hellenic Navy and one to the Dominican Navy. Launched in 1934, they served in World War II. Nine were lost. The E class were ordered under the 1931 construction programme, the Fs being of the 1932 programme.

Design

For the first time since the A class of the 1927 programme, the flotilla leaders were built to an enlarged design, being lengthened to incorporate an additional QF 4.7 inch (119 mm) gun between the funnels. The lengthened design resulted in a three boiler room layout to enhance water-tight integrity"Destroyers of World War Two", M. J. Whitley, 1988, Cassell Publishing ISBN 1-85409-521-8] . The leaders were not fitted for mine sweeping or mine laying.

hips

E class

*"Echo", built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, launched 16 February 1934, transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1944 as "Navarinon"
*"Eclipse", built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, launched 12 April 1934, sunk by a mine off Kalymnos, Greece on 24 October 1943.
*"Electra", built by Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn, launched 15 February 1934, sunk by the Japanese light cruiser "Jintsu" in the battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942.
*"Encounter", built by Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn, launched 29 March 1934, scuttled after being severely damaged by the Japanese heavy cruisers "Ashigara" and "Myōkō" in the battle of the Java Sea on 1 March 1942.
*"Escapade", built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock, launched 30 January 1934.
*"Escort", built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock, launched 29 March 1934, torpedoed by the Italian submarine "Guglielmo Marconi" on 8 July 1940; sank while under tow on 11 July 1940.
*"Esk", built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, launched 19 March 1934, sunk by a mine near Texel, the Netherlands, on 31 August 1940.
*"Express", built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, launched 29 May 1934, transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 as HMCS "Gatineau"
* "Exmouth" (flotilla leader), built by HM Dockyard, Portsmouth launched 7 February 1934 and was sunk by "U-22" in the Moray Firth on 21 January 1940.

F class

*"Fame", built by Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend (hull subcontracted to Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness) launched 28 June 1934, transferred to the Dominican Republic in 1948 as "Generalisimo"
*"Fearless", built by Cammell Laird & Company, Birkenhead, launched 12 May 1934, torpedoed by Italian aircraft in the Mediterranean on 12 July 1941, scuttled on 23 July 1941.
*"Firedrake", built by Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend (hull subcontracted to Vickers Armstrongs, Walker) launched 28 June 1934, sunk by "U-211" on 16 December 1942
*"Forester", built by J. Samuel White & Company, Cowes, launched 28 June 1934.
*"Foresight", built by Cammell Laird & Company, Birkenhead, launched 29 June 1934, torpedoed by Italian planes on 12 August 1942, scuttled on 12 August 1942.
*"Fortune", built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, launched 29 August 1934, transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as warship|HMCS|Saskatchewan|H70
*"Foxhound", built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, launched 12 October 1934, transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as warship|HMCS|Qu'Appelle|H69
*"Fury", built by J. Samuel White & Company, Cowes, launched 10 September 1934, mined off Normandy and damaged beyond repair on 21 June 1944.
*"Faulknor" (leader), built by Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun, launched 12 June 1934.

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