![]() ![]() The practice of having “standard” leaders and destroyers was not unique to the Royal Navy, and it for some years until 1930. The V-W “standard” classes led by those above were significantly heavier than the previous R, but had four 4-in (102 mm) and four torpedo tubes only, with 500 tonnes less. At that time, the armament of these leaders included five 5-in, three 3-in AA guns and 2-pdr, and six torpedo tubes, of the standard 21 in (533 mm) in two triple axial banks amidships. They had an almost an identical configuration since the Shakespeare and Scott class flotilla leaders entered the fray in 1917-1920. It would take too long to detail the career of all ships from all these classes of destroyers built since 1920, and those from the Great War. In 1939, 184 destroyers were in service, dating back for a large part from 1917-18, in particular the large V-W classes, some destroyers leaders, and interwar vessels, from the “A” class to the “Battle” class. ![]() United Kingdom (1917-1945), 400+ destroyers Introduction ![]()
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