View source for "C" and "D" Class Destroyer (1931)

Fourteen '''"C" and "D" Class Destroyers''' were completed in 1932-33 for service in the [[Royal Navy]].  They were very similar to the preceding [["A" and "B" Class Destroyer (1929)|"A" and "B" class]], but had an increased fuel capacity and a 3-in HA gun.

The "C" Class was reduced to a half-flotilla of four destroyers with their leader, [[H.M.S. Kempenfelt (1931)|''Kempenfelt'']].

The "D" class was produced in the normal manner, eight destroyers under leader [[H.M.S. Duncan (1932)|''Duncan'']].

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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 14 vessels
|-
| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
|-
! align=center | Name 
! align=center | Builder 
! align=center | Laid Down 
! align=center | Launched 
! align=center | Completed 
! align=center | Fate
|- align=left
| {{UK-Kempenfelt}}
|[[J. Samuel White]]
|
|29 Oct, 1931
|
|Wrecked 10 Nov, 1945
|- align=left
| {{UK-Comet}}
|[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]
|
|30 Sep, 1931
|
|Broken up 1946
|- align=left
| {{UK-Crescent}}
|[[Vickers-Armstrong]], Barrow
|
|29 Sep, 1931
|
|Collision 25 Jun, 1940
|- align=left
| {{UK-Crusader}}
|[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]
|
|30 Sep, 1931
|
|Sunk 14 Sep, 1942
|- align=left
| {{UK-Cygnet}}
|[[Vikers-Armstrong]], Barrow
|
|29 Sep, 1931
|
|Broken up 1947
|- align=left
| {{UK-Duncan}}
|[[Portsmouth Royal Dockyard]]
|
|7 Jul, 1932
|
|Broken up 1945
|- align=left
| {{UK-Dainty}}
|[[Fairfield]]
|
|3 May, 1932
|
|Sunk 24 Feb, 1941
|- align=left
| {{UK-Daring}}
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
|
|7 Apr, 1932
|
|Sunk 18 Feb, 1940
|- align=left
| {{UK-Decoy}}
|[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]]
|
|7 Jun, 1932
|
|Broken up 1946
|- align=left
| {{UK-Defender}}
|[[Vickers-Armstrong]], Barrow
|
|7 Apr, 1932
|
|Sunk 11 Jul, 1941
|- align=left
| {{UK-Delight}}
|[[Fairfield]]
|
|2 Jun, 1932
|
|Sunk 29 Jul, 1940
|- align=left
| {{UK-Diamond}}
|[[Vickers-Armstrong]], Barrow
|
|8 Apr, 1932
|
|Sunk 27 Apr, 1941
|- align=left
| {{UK-Diana}}
|[[Palmers]]
|
|16 Jun, 1932
|
|Collision 22 Oct, 1940
|- align=left
| {{UK-Duchess}}
|[[Palmers]]
|
|19 Jul, 1932
|
|Collision 12 Dec, 1939
|}
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==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-_and_D-class_destroyer}}
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fate=Collision
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