Scott 1918
Montrose 1943
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Scott | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 2/1917 | 18/10/1917 | 1/1918 | sunk 15/8/1918 | |
| Bruce | D81 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 5/1917 | 26/2/1918 | 5/1918 | sunk as target 22/11/1939 |
| Douglas | D90 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 6/1917 | 8/5/1918 | 8/1918 | BU 3/1945 |
| Campbell | D60 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 11/1917 | 21/9/1918 | 12/1918 | BU 2/1947 |
| Malcolm | D19 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 3/1918 | 29/5/1919 | 12/1919 | BU 7/1945 |
| Mackay (ex-Claverhouse) | D70 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 3/1918 | 21/12/1918 | 5/1919 | BU 2/1947 |
| Stuart (10/1933 - RAN) | D00 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | 10/1917 | 22/8/1918 | 12/1918 | BU 2/1947 |
| Montrose | D01 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | 10/1917 | 10/6/1918 | 9/1918 | damaged 10/6/1944, never repaired, BU 1/1946 |
| Barrington | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 1918 | --- | --- | cancelled 12/1918 | |
| Hughes | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 1918 | --- | --- | cancelled 12/1918 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1580 |
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Displacement full, t |
2050 |
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Length, m |
101.3 |
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Breadth, m |
9.70 |
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Draught, m |
3.80 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers Stuart, Montrose: Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
40000 |
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Max speed, kn |
36 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 500 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
5000(15) |
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Armament |
5 x 1 - 120/45 BL Mk I, 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA, 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR |
| Sensors | sonar (on part of class) |
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Complement |
164 |
Ship project history: The ships of Shakespeare and Scott classes were deeply modernized Lightfoot class leaders built in 1914. Hull has undergone the minimum changes, but machinery has been thus cardinally changed (twin shaft instead of triple; steam turbines with a direct drive were replaced by geared turbines) and essentially new armament consisted of five 120mm guns instead of four 102mm are established.
They were originally developed by Admiralty and Thornycroft (in an initiative order, they had to be armed by 6 102mm guns) in parallel, but then have been decided to unify design as much as possible for what variant of Thornycroft was a little recycled, having changed armament of 5 127mm guns (as in the Admiralty variant). Soon 127mm guns in both designs have changed with army 120mm which adapted for sea conditions (127mm guns were then on a paper only). 2 40mm AA pompoms, 6 TT and 1 76mm AA gun supplemented armament.
Modernizations: 1928, Mackay: - 1 x 1 - 120/45; + 1 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX (temporarily for tests, gun was replaced by BL Mk I in 1929)
mid-1930s, all: - 2 x 1 - 40/39
late 1940, Douglas, Campbell, Malcolm, Mackay, Montrose: - 1 x 1 - 120/45 ("Q"); + 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, DCs stowage rose up to 50 pcs.
early 1941, Stuart: - 2 x 1 - 120/45 ("Q" & "Y"); + 4 x 1 - 20/65 M1940 (Italian), 2 DCT, 2 DCR
1941 - 1942, Campbell: - 1 x 1 - 120/45 ("X"); + 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom
1941 - 1942, Mackay, Montrose: - 1 x 1 - 120/45 ("X")
1941 - 1942, Campbell, Douglas, Mackay, Malcolm, Montrose: + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
early 1942, Douglas: - 2 x 1 - 120/45 ("A" & "Y"), 1 x 3 - 533 TT; + 2 DCT (70 DCs totally)
early 1942, Malcolm: - 2 x 1 - 120/45 ("A" & "Y"), 1 x 3 - 533 TT; + 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog DCT, 2 DCT (70 DCs totally)
1942, Douglas: + 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog DCT
1942, Stuart: - 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 1 x 1 - 20/65; + 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom
late 1942 - early 1943, Campbell: - 4 x 1 - 40/39; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
late 1942 - early 1943, Douglas, Malcolm: - 2 x 1 - 40/39; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
1944, Campbell, Mackay, Montrose: - 1 x 1 - 120/45 ("A"); + 1 x 2 - 57/47 QF Mk I. Full displacement of ships of class was 2185 - 2235 t.
1944, Stuart: was converted to APD: 2 boilers were removed and their room was converted to accommodation for marines; - 2 x 1 - 120/45, 1 x 1 - 76/45, 3 x 1 - 20/65, 4 DCT, 3 DCR; + 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
Naval service: Scott was torpedoed by German submarine in North sea off Danish coast. Montrose was damaged in Normandy landing and never repaired completely.
Campbell 1935
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