Grimsby class sloop

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Grimsby-class
General characteristics
Displacement:	RN ships; 990 tons standard / 1,300 tons full Indus; 1,190 tons standard / 1,520 tons full Swan, Yarra; 1,060 tons standard / 1,370 tons full Parramatta, Warrego; 1,070 tons standard / 1,385 tons full
Length:	250 ft p/p (76.2 m) / 266 ft o/a (79.8 m) Indus; 280 ft p/p (85.4 m) / 296.5 ft o/a (90.4 m)
Beam:	RN ships; 36 ft (10.9 m) RAN ships; 34 ft (10.4 m) Indus; 35 ft 6 in (10.8 m)
Draught:	RN ships; 7 ft 6 in (2.25 m) RAN ships; 7 ft 3 in (2.2 m) Indus; 8 ft 9 in (2.66 m)
Propulsion:	2 Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 2,000 shp
Speed:	16.5 kts
Range:	5,700 nm at 10 kts
Complement:	100 (Indus; 119 / wartime; 135)
Armament (RAN):	3 x 4 in AA 4 x 3 pdr (not fitted to some) 1 x MG 2 x Depth Charge Throwers 2 x twin tubes for 21 in torpedoes
Cost:	£220,000 for Australian ships

Contents 1 Summary 2 Ships 2.1 Royal Navy 2.1.1 First group 2.1.2 Second group 2.2 Royal Australian Navy 2.3 Royal Indian Navy 3 See also 4 Bibliography

[edit] Summary

With the realisation that war was approaching, 13 Grimsby class sloops were laid down in the mid to late 1930s. Of these eight were built in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy, four in Australia for the Royal Australian Navy and one for India. Armament varied considerably between ships with the four Australian ships being similar to HMS Depthford but armed with an additional 4 in gun.

Losses during World War II were HMS Grimsby, HMAS Yarra and HMAS Parramatta.

Post-war some of the survivors of this class served into the 1960s.

[edit] Ships

[edit] Royal Navy

[edit] First group

• Grimsby — built by Devonport Royal Dockyard, laid down 23 January 1933, launched 19 July 1933, completed 17 May 1934, bombed by Italian aircraft off Tobruk 25 May 1941
• Leith — built by Devonport, laid down 6 February 1933, launched 9 August 1933, completed 12 July 1934, sold into mercantile service 1946, to Royal Danish Navy as Galathea 1949
• Lowestoft — built by Devonport, laid down 21 August 1933, launched 11 April 1934, completed 22 November 1934, sold into mercantile service 1946
• Wellington — built by Devonport, laid down 25 September 1933, launched 29 May 1934, completed 24 January 1935, hulked as mercantile headquarters ship 1947
• Londonderry — built by Devonport, laid down 11 June 1934, launched 16 January 1935, completed 20 September 1935, sold for scrapping 1948
• Deptford — built by Chatham Royal Dockyard, laid down 30 April 1934, launched 5 February 1935, completed 20 August 1935, sold for scrapping 1948

[edit] Second group

• Aberdeen — built by Devonport Royal Dockyard, laid down 12 June 1935, launched 22 January 1936, completed 17 September 1936, sold for scrapping 1949
• Fleetwood — built by Devonport Royal Dockyard, laid down 14 August 1935, launched 24 March 1936, completed 19 November 1936, sold for scrapping 1959

[edit] Royal Australian Navy

• Yarra — built by Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, laid down 24 May 1934, launched 28 March 1935, completed 19 December 1935, sunk by Japanese cruisers Atago and Takao off Java 4 March 1942
• Swan —; built by Cockatoo, laid down 1 May 1935, launched 28 March 1936, completed 10 December 1936, sold for scrapping 1965
• Parramatta — built by Cockatoo, laid down 9 November 1938, launched 18 June 1939, completed 8 April 1940, torpedoed by German U-boat U559 off Tobruk 27 November 1942
• Warrego —; built by Cockatoo, laid down 10 May 1939, launched 10 February 1940, completed 21 August 1940, sold for scrapping 1966

[edit] Royal Indian Navy

• Indus — built by R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn, laid down 8 December 1933, launched 24 August 1934, completed 15 March 1935, bombed by Japanese aircraft off Akyab 6 April 1942

[edit] See also

List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy List of Royal Australian Navy ships

[edit] Bibliography

• Warships of Australia, Ross Gillett (illustrated by Colin Graham), Rigby Limited, 1977, ISBN 0-7270-0472-7
• British and Empire Warships of the Second World War, H T Lenton, Greenhill Books, ISBN 1-85367-277-7
• Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946, Ed. Robert Gardiner, Naval Institute Press, ISBN 0-87021-913-8