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Weapon-class Destroyer

The Weapon class was a class of anti-aircraft destroyers of the British Royal Navy set to the end of 1944. These units entered service in 1947, remaining there until the end of the sixties.

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Weapon-class Destroyer

The Weapon class was a class of anti-aircraft destroyers of the British Royal Navy set to the end of 1944. These units entered service in 1947, remaining there until the end of the sixties. Battle of the next smaller class were the caprine British destroyers to be built according to a project completely different from that of the various “Flotillas of emergency” built since the outbreak of the Second World War.

It was initially planned to build twenty units, of which only thirteen were set up and only seven were launched. The cessation of hostilities in 1945 led him to a further reduction in numbers, with the result that only four ships were completed. Two units ordered with the names of Celt and Centaur as part of the previous class C, also known as the “Fifteenth Emergency Flotilla,” were inconvertible for the new project.

Weapon-class Destroyer Projects

  • HMS Battleaxe G18, then D118 Yarrow and Company, Scotstoun April 22, 1944, June 12, 1945, October 23, 1947, Demolished in 1964
  • HMS Broadsword G31, and D31 Yarrow and Company, Scotstoun July 20, 1944, February 4, 1946, October 4, 1948, Demolished in 1968
  • HMS Cutlass G74 Yarrow and Company, Scotstoun March 20, 1946, Not completed Deleted December 23, 1945, scrapped at Troon in 1946
  • HMS Dagger G23 Yarrow and Company, Scotstoun March 7, 1945, Not launched Not completed Deleted December 23, 1945, demolished in the pipeline
  • HMS Crossbow G96, and D96 John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston August 26, 1944, December 20, 1945, March 4, 1948, Demolished in 1972
  • HMS Culverin G28 John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston April 27, 1944, March 1946 Not completed Scrapped at Grays in 1946
  • HMS Howitzer G44 Thornycroft, Woolston February 26, 1945, Not launched Not completed Deleted October 5, 1945, demolished in the pipeline
  • HMS Longbow G55 Thornycroft, Woolston April 11, 1945, Not launched Not completed Deleted September 25, 1945, demolished in the pipeline
  • HMS Scorpion (ex-Tomahawk, ex-Centaur) G64, and D64 J. Samuel White, Cowes December 16, 1944, August 15, 1946, September 17, 1947, Demolished in 1971
  • HMS Sword (ex-Celt) G85 J. Samuel White, Cowes Not launched Not completed Deleted October 5, 1945, demolished in the pipeline
  • HMS Musket G85 J. Samuel White, Cowes Not launched Not completed Deleted October 5, 1945
  • HMS Lance (ex-Rapier) Not assigned J. Samuel White, Cowes Not set Not launched Not completed Deleted October 5, 1945
  • HMS Carronade G82 Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock April 1946 Not completed Deleted December 23, 1945, scrapped at Troon in 1946
  • HMS Claymore G34 Scotts, Greenock Not launched Not completed Deleted September 25, 1945, demolished in the pipeline
  • HMS Dirk G02 Scotts, Greenock Not set Not launched Not completed Deleted September 25, 1945
  • HMS Grenade G53 Scotts, Greenock Not set Not launched Not completed Deleted December 23, 1945
  • HMS Halberd G99 Scotts, Greenock Not set Not launched Not completed Deleted December 23, 1945
  • HMS Poniard G06 Scotts, Greenock Not set Not launched Not completed Deleted December 23, 1945
  • HMS Rifle G21 William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton June 30, 1944, Not launched Not completed Deleted December 27, 1945, demolished in the pipeline
  • HMS Spear G30 Denny, Dumbarton September 29, 1944, Not launched Not completed Deleted December 27, 1945, demolished in the pipeline
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