
St. Albans 1942

Lincoln 1942

St. Albans 1942
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Bath (ex-Bath, ex-DD181 Hopewell) | I17 | Newport News, USA | 1/1918 | 8/6/1918 | 3/1919 // 4/1941 | sunk 19/8/1941 |
| Lincoln (ex-Lincoln, ex-DD143 Yarnall) | G42 | Cramp, Philadelphia, USA | 2/1918 | 19/6/1918 | 11/1918 // 6/1942 | to UK 2/1944 (Lincoln) |
| Mansfield (ex-Mansfield, ex-DD78 Evans) | G76 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 12/1917 | 30/10/1918 | 11/1918 // 12/1940 | to UK 2/1942 (Mansfield) |
| Newport (ex-Newport, ex-DD81 Sigourney) | G54 | Bethlehem, Quincy, USA | 8/1917 | 16/12/1917 | 5/1918 // 10/1941 | to UK 6/1942 (Newport) |
| St. Albans (ex-St. Albans, ex-DD182 Thomas) | I15 | Newport News, USA | 3/1918 | 4/7/1918 | 4/1919 // 4/1941 | to UK 2/1944 (St. Albans) |
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Displacement standard, t |
Bath, Newport, St. Albans: 1060 Lincoln, Mansfield: 1090 |
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Displacement full, t |
Bath, Newport, St. Albans: 1360 Lincoln, Mansfield: 1390 |
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Length, m |
94.5 wl 95.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.40 |
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Draught, m |
2.80 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Bath, Lincoln, Mansfield, St. Albans: Parsons or Westinghouse geared steam turbines / 1 Parsons or Westinghouse geared steam turbine for cruising, 4 Normand, Thornycroft or White-Forster boilers Newport: Curtis geared steam turbines / 1 Curtis geared steam turbine for cruising, 4 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Bath, Lincoln, St. Albans: 26000 Mansfield: 24200 Newport: 27000 |
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Max speed, kn |
35 Mansfield: 32 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 275 |
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Armament |
Bath, Mansfield, Newport: 3 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA, 3 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60) St. Albans: 3 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA, 1 x 1 - 76/23 Mk 14, 3 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60) Lincoln: 1 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog DCT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60) |
| Sensors | sonar |
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Complement |
146 |
Ship project history: Former British destroyers of "Town" class (ex-USN flushdeckers). Part from them served under national colours, part under British, but with Norwegian crews. English names did not change.
Modernizations: 1942 - 1943, Mansfield: - 2 x 1 - 102/50, 1 x 3 - 533 TT; + (2 - 4) x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon or 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog DCT. TT was moved to center line.
Naval service: Bath 19/8/1941 was sunk in Northern Atlantic by German submarine U204 (under other version U201).

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