"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, 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, Kempenfelt.

The "D" class was produced in the normal manner, eight destroyers under leader Duncan.

Overview of 14 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Kempenfelt	J. Samuel White		29 Oct, 1931		Wrecked 10 Nov, 1945
Comet	Portsmouth Royal Dockyard		30 Sep, 1931		Broken up 1946
Crescent	Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow		29 Sep, 1931		Collision 25 Jun, 1940
Crusader	Portsmouth Royal Dockyard		30 Sep, 1931		Sunk 14 Sep, 1942
Cygnet	Vikers-Armstrong, Barrow		29 Sep, 1931		Broken up 1947
Duncan	Portsmouth Royal Dockyard		7 Jul, 1932		Broken up 1945
Dainty	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company		3 May, 1932		Sunk 24 Feb, 1941
Daring	John I. Thornycroft & Company		7 Apr, 1932		Sunk 18 Feb, 1940
Decoy	John I. Thornycroft & Company		7 Jun, 1932		Broken up 1946
Defender	Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow		7 Apr, 1932		Sunk 11 Jul, 1941
Delight	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company		2 Jun, 1932		Sunk 29 Jul, 1940
Diamond	Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow		8 Apr, 1932		Sunk 27 Apr, 1941
Diana	Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company		16 Jun, 1932		Collision 22 Oct, 1940
Duchess	Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company		19 Jul, 1932		Collision 12 Dec, 1939

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).

"C" and "D" Class Destroyer

"C" Class Leader

Kempenfelt

Destroyers

Comet

Crescent

Crusader

Cygnet

"D" Class Leader

Duncan

Destroyers

Dainty

Daring

Decoy

Defender

Delight

Diamond

Diana

Duchess

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