G-class destroyer (1944)

Class overview
Operators:	Royal Navy
Planned:	8
Cancelled:	8
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General characteristics G class (RN)^[1]
Type:	G-class destroyer
Displacement:	1995 long ton
Length:	365 ft (111 m) o/a
Beam:	39.5 ft (12.0 m)
Draught:	12.5 ft (3.8 m)
Propulsion:	geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp on 2 shafts
Speed:	33¾ kt
Armament:	4 x 4.5-inch DP 6 x 40mm AA guns 10 (2x5) tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes 2 ATW (Squid)

The G class destroyers were a proposed class of eight destroyers of the Royal Navy ordered during the Second World War under the 1944 Programme. Two were ordered (from Yarrow) on 24 July 1944, and six more on 30 August 1944, but all were cancelled on 13 December 1945, after the end of the war.

The class was to be an improvement on the Weapon class destroyer. It has been referred to as the Gael class or Gallant class of destroyers.

Design[]

Ships[]

Ship	Pennant number	Builder	Laid down	Fate
Gael	G07	Yarrow	1944	Cancelled
Gallant	G03	Yarrow	1944	Cancelled
Gauntlet	G59	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston	1944	Cancelled
Guernsey	G19	Denny	1944	Cancelled
Glowworm	G45	Thornycroft	1944	Cancelled. ex Gift.^{[Note 1]}
Grafton	G76	White	1944	Cancelled
Greyhound	G88	White	1944	Cancelled
Gift	G67	Denny	1944	Cancelled. ex Glowworm, ex Guinevere.^{[Note 2]}

Notes[]

Notes

↑ This vessel was originally called HMS Gift, but was renamed in October 1945 to HMS Glowworm(G45). Construction was cancelled on 12 December 1945 before completion.
↑ This vessel was originally called HMS Guinevere but was renamed in September 1945 to HMS Glowworm, and renamed again in October to HMS Gift(G67). Construction was cancelled on 1 December 1945 before completion.

References

↑ Conway p45

References[]

Warships of World War II, Pt 2, HT Lenton and JJ Colledge, Ian Allan 1962?
Conway : Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922-1946 (1980) ISBN 0-85177-146-7

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[2] This vessel was originally called HMS Gift, but was renamed in October 1945 to HMS Glowworm(G45). Construction was cancelled on 12 December 1945 before completion.

[3] This vessel was originally called HMS Guinevere but was renamed in September 1945 to HMS Glowworm, and renamed again in October to HMS Gift(G67). Construction was cancelled on 1 December 1945 before completion.

[1] Conway p45

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