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Town Class (1940) DD
Ships
Ship Pennant
No		 Commissioned Decommission/
Loss		 Note:

Annapolis

I04

 02-Oct-1940 1945 Taken up by the Royal Canadian Navy.

Bath

I17

 02-Oct-1940 19-Aug-1941 Torpedoed and sunk by U-204.

Belmont

H46

 08-Oct-1940 31-Jan-1942 Torpedoed and sunk by U-82.

Beverley

H72

 08-Oct-1940 11-Apr-1943 Torpedoed and sunk by U-188.

Bradford

I08

 08-Oct-1940 01-Jun- 1943 Converted to Long Range Escort.

Brighton

H81

 23-Sep-1940 04-Mar-1949 Sold 05-Apr-1949.

Broadwater

H81

 02-Oct-1940 18-Oct-1941 Torpedoed and sunk by U-101.

Broadway

H90

 08-Oct-1940 09-Aug-1945 Sold 1947.

Burnham

H82

 08-Oct-1940 01-Dec-1944 Sold 1947.

Burwell

H94

 08-Oct-1940 14-Jan-1945 Sold 1947.

Buxton

H96

 08-Oct-1940 1945 Broken up 1945

Caldwell

I20

 09-Sep-1940 1945 Sold 1945.

Cameron

I05

 09-Sep-1940 05-Oct-1943 Bombed by aircraft in Portsmouth then used for shock tests..

Campbeltown

I42

 09-Sep-1940 28-Mar-1942 Expended on the lock gates of the Dry Dock at St Nazaire.

Castleton

I23

 09-Sep-1940 13-Mar-1945 Sold 04-Mar-1947.

Charlestown

I21

 23-Sep-1940 Dec-1944 Sold 04-Mar-1947.

Chelsea

I35

 09-Sep-1940 1949 Sold 1949

Chesterfield

I28

 09-Sep-1940 15-Jan-1945 Sold 1947.

Churchill

I45

 09-Sep-1940 16-Jul-1944 Loaned to Russia, 16-Jul-1944. Sunk 16-Jan-1945 by U-956.

Clare

I14

 09-Sep-1940 25-Aug-1945 Converted to Long Range Escort.

Columbia

I49

 24-Sep-1940 12-Jun-1945 Taken up by Royal Canadian Navy.

Georgetown

I40

 23-Sep-1940 10-Aug-1944 Loaned to Russia 10-Aug-1944. Returned 1952 and broken up.

Hamilton

I24

 23-Sep-1940 08-Jun-1945 Taken up by Royal Canadian Navy.

Lancaster

G05

 23-Oct-1940 1945 Arrived for breaking up 30-May-1947.

Leamington

G19

 23-Oct-1940 1951 Sold 03-Dec-1951.

Leeds

G27

 23-Oct-1940 10-Apr-1945 Sold 04-Mar-1947.

Lewes

G68

 23-Oct-1940 Nov-1945 Scuttled off Australian coast 1946.

Lincoln

G42

 23-Oct-1940 26-Aug-1944 Loaned to Russia 26-Aug-1944. Returned 1952 and broken up.

Ludlow

G57

 02-Oct-1940 May-1945 Beached and used as a target.

Mansfield

G76

 23-Oct-1940 22-Jun-1944 Broken up in Canada, 21-Oct-1944.

Montgomery

G95

 23-Oct-1940 Dec-1943 Sold 1945.

Newark

G08

 05-Dec-1940 Jul-1945 Sold 18-Feb-1947.

Newmarket

G47

 05-Dec-1940 01-Jul-1945 Sold Sep-1945

Newport

G54

 05-Dec-1940 04-Jul-1945 Sold 18-Feb-1947.

Niagara

I57

 24-Sep-1940 15-Sep-1945 Taken up by Royal Canadian Navy.

Ramsey

G60

 26-Nov-1940 Jul-1945 Broken up 1947.

Reading

G71

 26-Nov-1940 11-Jul-1945 Broken up at Inverkeithing.

Richmond

G88

 05-Dec-1940 24-Jun-1949 Sold 12-Jul-1949 for breaking up.

Ripley

G79

 26-Nov-1940 04-Jan-1944 Sold 20-Mar-1945 and broken up at Sunderland.

Rockingham

G58

 26-Nov-1940 27-Sep-1944 Sunk by mine off Aberdeen.

Roxborough

I07

 22-Sep-1940 10-Aug-1944 Loaned to Russia 19-Aug-1944. Returned 1949 and broken up.

Salisbury

I52

 05-Dec-1940 22-Apr-1944 Sold 26-Jun-1944 in Canada.

Sherwood

I80

 23-Oct-1940 30-Sep-1943 Beached as a rocket target 03-Oct-1943.

St. Albans

I15

 13-Sep-1940 16-Jul-1944 Loaned to Russia  and returned 28-Feb-1949.

St. Clair

I65

 24-Sep-1940 05-Mar-1946 Taken up by Royal Canadian Navy.

St. Croix

I81

 24-Sep-1940 20-Sep-1943 Taken up by Royal Canadian Navy. Torpedoed and sunk.

St. Francis

I93

 24-Sep-1940 01-Apr-1944 Taken up by Royal Canadian Navy.

St. Marys

I12

 23-Sep-1940 23-Feb-1944 Sold 20-Mar-1945 and broken up at Rosyth.

Stanley

I73

 23-Oct-1940 19-Dec-1941 Converted to Long Range Escort. Sunk by U-574.

Wells

I95

 05-Dec-1940. 24-Jul-1945 Sold 24-Jul-1945 and broken up at Troon.
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