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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/HMS_Amazon.jpg/600px-HMS_Amazon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="586" /></a></span><div>HMS <i>Amazon</i> underway.</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Class overview</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preceded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer#Admiralty_modified_W_class" title="V and W-class destroyer">Admiralty Modified W class</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Succeeded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/A-_and_B-class_destroyer" title="A- and B-class destroyer">A- and B class</a></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>HMS <i>Amazon</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>16 July 1924 (contract 8 August 1924)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/J_I_Thornycroft" class="mw-redirect" title="J I Thornycroft">John I Thornycroft, Woolston</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>29 January 1925</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>27 January 1926</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>5 May 1927</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold for scrapping 25 October 1948</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>1,350 long tons (1,372 t)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>311 ft 9 in (95.02 m) (<a href="/wiki/Length_between_perpendiculars" title="Length between perpendiculars">p/p</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td>42,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (31,000 kW)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × Brown-Curtiss single-reduction geared <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × 3-drum Yarrow-type boilers</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × shafts</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>37 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">kn</a> (43 mph; 69 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3,400 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (3,900 mi; 6,300 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">5,340 nmi (6,150 mi; 9,890 km) at 12.5 kn (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Capacity</td><td>433 short tons (393 t) <a href="/wiki/Fuel_oil" title="Fuel oil">fuel oil</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>138</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/BL_4.7_inch_/45_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun">BL 4.7 in (120 mm) Mk I</a> <a href="/wiki/Dual_purpose_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Dual purpose gun">dual purpose guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/QF_2-pounder_naval_gun" title="QF 2-pounder naval gun">QF 2-pounder Mk.II</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-aircraft guns</a> (2×1)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21 inch (533 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a> (2×3)</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>Amazon</i></b> was a prototype design of <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> ordered for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> in 1924. She was designed and built by <a href="/wiki/J_I_Thornycroft" class="mw-redirect" title="J I Thornycroft">Thornycroft</a> in response to an Admiralty request for a new design of destroyer incorporating the lessons and technological advances of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>. Their great rivals <a href="/wiki/Yarrow_Shipbuilders" title="Yarrow Shipbuilders">Yarrow</a> produced a similar, competitive design — that of <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ambuscade_(D38)" title="HMS Ambuscade (D38)"><i>Ambuscade</i></a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_construction">Design and construction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Amazon_(D39)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thornycroft made at least four designs for this ship, two being 310 ft (94 m) long (between perpendiculars) and two being 305 ft (93 m) long, with engine output varying from 28,000–33,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (21,000–25,000 kW). Two designs were offered to the Admiralty, who required prototypes for subsequent destroyer construction. Thornycroft's "A" design used the maximum length allowed (310 ft between perpendiculars). The "B" design—which was adopted—reduced the length by 5 ft (1.5 m), using only one boiler room forward (as in their wartime <i>Wishart</i>). </p><p>Two designs for the machinery were prepared, plus a third outline design. The "B" design was modified in November 1924 after building had begun, to take machinery capable of giving an extra 2 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">kn</a> (2.3 mph; 3.7 km/h) speed, which required extra length. After trials in 1926, the turbines were altered. <i>Amazon</i> was easily recognisable by her slab-sided funnels, characteristic of Thornycroft vessels. Most differences were internal. Unlike earlier designs, which were designed for home fleet service, they were designed for colonial use, with higher freeboard, cruising turbines and better ventilation. </p><p>Armament was identical to that in the <a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">V and W-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a> built late during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, and comprised four 4.7 in (120 mm) BL Mark I on CP Mk.VI** mountings. These weapons were based on an Army field piece and had separate bagged charges and no Quick Firing (QF) mechanism. The mountings had half shields and a maximum elevation of 30°. </p><p>Fire control was by a 9 ft (2.7 m) base rangefinder and the new "Destroyer Director Control Tower" (DCT). The latter would be fitted to all subsequent Royal Navy destroyer designs from the <a href="/wiki/C_and_D-class_destroyer" title="C and D-class destroyer">C class</a> up to the <a href="/wiki/U_and_V-class_destroyer" title="U and V-class destroyer">U class</a> of 1942. <i>Amazon</i> reached only 34.5 kn (39.7 mph; 63.9 km/h) on her initial trials, and so was taken in hand for modifications. Her acceptance trials on 3 January 1927 resulted in a speed of 37.5 kn (43.2 mph; 69.5 km/h). In a later trial on the <a href="/wiki/Skelmorlie" title="Skelmorlie">Skelmorlie</a> Mile in March 1927, she made 38.71 kn (44.55 mph; 71.69 km/h) on her fastest run and 37.34 kn (42.97 mph; 69.15 km/h) on the slowest, with an average engine output of 41,559 shp (30,991 kW). This was at nearly 300 long tons (305 t) below her deep displacement. Her sea speed in load condition in service was only 31 kn (36 mph; 57 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was completed on 5 May 1927. </p><p>Such was the Navy's satisfaction with the design that they formed the basis of the next 77 destroyers, often known as the "interwar standard", until the <a href="/wiki/Tribal-class_destroyer_(1936)" title="Tribal-class destroyer (1936)">Tribal class</a> of 1936. <i>Amazon</i> was fitted out for service during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> as a convoy escort. Her "A" and "Y" 4.7 in guns and after set of torpedo tubes were removed. A 12-pounder 3 in (76 mm) Mk.V <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-aircraft gun</a> was added in place of the torpedoes (to remedy the lack of a heavy anti-aircraft weapon) and a <a href="/wiki/Hedgehog_(weapon)" title="Hedgehog (weapon)">"Hedgehog"</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine</a> <a href="/wiki/Spigot_mortar" class="mw-redirect" title="Spigot mortar">projector</a> was added on the <a href="/wiki/Forecastle" title="Forecastle">forecastle</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_British_naval_radar#Type_286" title="List of World War II British naval radar">Type 286P</a> <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> was added at the masthead, and the rangefinder and director on the bridge were replaced with a centimetric <a href="/wiki/Type_271_radar" title="Type 271 radar">Type 271</a> for detecting surfaced submarines. The 2-pounder pom-poms were replaced with <a href="/wiki/20_mm_Oerlikon_cannon" class="mw-redirect" title="20 mm Oerlikon cannon">20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft</a> <a href="/wiki/Autocannon" title="Autocannon">cannons</a>, with a further pair added in the bridge wings. In 1943, the 12-pounder gun and the remaining torpedo tubes were removed to allow a 10-round <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charge</a> pattern to be carried, and Type 291 radar replaced her Type 286P. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Amazon_(D39)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She spent most of the war up to 1942 escorting <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic">North Atlantic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> convoys, moving to the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> and taking part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Pedestal" title="Operation Pedestal">Operation Pedestal</a>, until returning to home waters in 1943 for the duration of the war. By 1944 she was reduced to acting as a target and was broken up by West of Scotland Shipbreaking at <a href="/wiki/Troon" title="Troon">Troon</a> in 1949. </p><p>The ship was depicted on a <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Malta" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Malta">Maltese postage stamp</a> that was issued on 10 August 2012 commemorating the 70th anniversary of Operation Pedestal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Amazon_(D39)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">D K Brown, 'Speed on Trial', <i>Warship</i> No. 3 (July 1977), p. 57.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References_2">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Amazon_(D39)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFColledgeWarlow2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/J._J._Colledge" title="J. 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Courageous-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Courageous-class aircraft carrier"><i>Courageous</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Eagle_(1918)" title="HMS Eagle (1918)"><i>Eagle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(91)" title="HMS Ark Royal (91)"><i>Ark Royal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illustrious-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Illustrious-class aircraft carrier"><i>Illustrious</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Implacable-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Implacable-class aircraft carrier"><i>Implacable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audacious-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Audacious-class aircraft carrier"><i>Audacious</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Malta-class aircraft carrier"><i>Malta</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_aircraft_carrier" title="Light aircraft carrier">Light aircraft carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Argus_(I49)" title="HMS Argus (I49)"><i>Argus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(95)" title="HMS Hermes (95)"><i>Hermes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Unicorn_(I72)" title="HMS Unicorn (I72)"><i>Unicorn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Design_Light_Fleet_Carrier" title="1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier"><i>Colossus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Design_Light_Fleet_Carrier" title="1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier"><i>Majestic</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaur-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Centaur-class aircraft carrier"><i>Centaur</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">Escort carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Archer_(D78)" title="HMS Archer (D78)"><i>Archer</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>AV</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Audacity" title="HMS Audacity"><i>Audacity</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avenger-class_escort_carrier" title="Avenger-class escort carrier"><i>Avenger</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>AV</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attacker-class_escort_carrier" title="Attacker-class escort carrier"><i>Attacker</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruler-class_escort_carrier" title="Ruler-class escort carrier">Ruler</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>A</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Activity_(D94)" title="HMS Activity (D94)"><i>Activity</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pretoria_Castle_(F61)" title="HMS Pretoria Castle (F61)"><i>Pretoria Castle</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairana-class_escort_carrier" title="Nairana-class escort carrier"><i>Nairana</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>V</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">Battleships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth-class_battleship" title="Queen Elizabeth-class battleship"><i>Queen Elizabeth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revenge-class_battleship" title="Revenge-class battleship"><i>Revenge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson-class_battleship" title="Nelson-class battleship"><i>Nelson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_V-class_battleship_(1939)" title="King George V-class battleship (1939)"><i>King George V</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion-class_battleship" title="Lion-class battleship"><i>Lion</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(23)" title="HMS Vanguard (23)"><i>Vanguard</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">Battlecruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Renown-class_battlecruiser" title="Renown-class battlecruiser"><i>Renown</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hood" title="HMS Hood"><i>Hood</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">Heavy cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County-class_cruiser" title="County-class cruiser">County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York-class_cruiser" title="York-class cruiser"><i>York</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">Light cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C-class_cruiser" title="C-class cruiser">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danae-class_cruiser" title="Danae-class cruiser"><i>Danae</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkins-class_cruiser" title="Hawkins-class cruiser"><i>Hawkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerald-class_cruiser" title="Emerald-class cruiser"><i>Emerald</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander-class_cruiser_(1931)" title="Leander-class cruiser (1931)"><i>Leander</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arethusa-class_cruiser_(1934)" title="Arethusa-class cruiser (1934)"><i>Arethusa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town-class_cruiser_(1936)" title="Town-class cruiser (1936)">Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dido-class_cruiser" title="Dido-class cruiser"><i>Dido</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji-class_cruiser" title="Fiji-class cruiser"><i>Fiji</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1943)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1943)"><i>Minotaur</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neptune-class_cruiser" title="Neptune-class cruiser"><i>Neptune</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minotaur-class_cruiser_(1947)" title="Minotaur-class cruiser (1947)"><i>Minotaur</i></a> (1947)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">Destroyer leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_type_destroyer_leader" title="Thornycroft type destroyer leader">Thornycroft type (<i>Shakespeare</i>)</a></li> <li><a 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and R-class destroyer">Q & R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S_and_T-class_destroyer" title="S and T-class destroyer">S & T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U_and_V-class_destroyer" title="U and V-class destroyer">U & V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W_and_Z-class_destroyer" title="W and Z-class destroyer">W & Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C-class_destroyer_(1943)" title="C-class destroyer (1943)">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle-class_destroyer" title="Battle-class destroyer">Battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weapon-class_destroyer" title="Weapon-class destroyer">Weapon</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-class_destroyer_(1944)" title="G-class destroyer (1944)">G</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daring-class_destroyer_(1949)" title="Daring-class destroyer (1949)"><i>Daring</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C,P</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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