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Flotilla Leader
A flotilla leader was a warship of late 19th century and early 20th century navies suitable for commanding a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships, typically a small cruiser or a large destroyer (known as a destroyer leader). The flotilla leader provided space, equipment and staff for the flotilla commodore (who typically held the rank of captain), including a wireless room, senior engineering and gunnery officers, and administrative staff to support the officers. Originally, older light or scout cruisers were often used, but in the early 1900s, the rapidly increasing speed of new destroyer designs meant that such vessels could no longer keep pace with their charges. Accordingly, large destroyer designs were produced for use as leaders. As destroyers changed from specialized anti-torpedo boat vessels that operated in squadrons to larger multi-purpose ships that operated alone or as leaders of groups of smaller vessels, and as command and control techniques improved (and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marksman-class Flotilla Leader
The ''Marksman'' class (sometimes known as ''Lightfoot'' class) were a class (ship), class of flotilla leaders built for the Royal Navy. Two each were ordered in the naval programmes of 1913–14 and 1914–15 with a further three being ordered under the Emergency War Programme and all saw service during World War I. Like other British flotilla leader designs, these ships were significantly larger than the typical destroyers of the day, in order to accommodate the flotilla staff ("Captain (D)" in Royal Navy parlance) and the necessary additional signalling gear. All ships had four funnels, the foremost being taller (although it was later cut down post-war in ''Nimrod'' and ''Abdiel''). They were armed with four British ordnance terms#QF, QF 4 inch guns. The guns were carried one each on the forecastle, between the first three funnels and on a bandstand on the quarterdeck. ''Abdiel'' and ''Gabriel'' were later fitted as fast minelayers, for which purposes they landed the after 4 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Destroyer At Speed, Dubrovnik, 1 (Warships To-day, 1936)
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in 1885 by Fernando Villaamil for the Spanish NavySmith, Charles Edgar: ''A short history of naval and marine engineering.'' Babcock & Wilcox, ltd. at the University Press, 1937, page 263 as a defense against torpedo boats, and by the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, these "torpedo boat destroyers" (TBDs) were "large, swift, and powerfully armed torpedo boats designed to destroy other torpedo boats". Although the term "destroyer" had been used interchangeably with "TBD" and "torpedo boat destroyer" by navies since 1892, the term "torpedo boat destroyer" had been generally shortened to simply "destroyer" by nearly all navies by the First World War. Before World War II, destroyers were light vessels with little endurance for unattended oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guépard-class Destroyer
The ''Guépard''-class destroyers (''contre-torpilleurs'') were six ships of the French Navy, laid down in 1927 and commissioned in 1930. They were similar to the previous ''Chacal'' class, with a larger hull and with a slightly improved speed and gun armament with 138 mm guns of a new design. The first three ships bore 'animal' names like the ''Chacal''s, while the remaining three were given names starting with V, for two battles and a field-marshal. The class saw action in World War II. Ships * :Built by Arsenal de Lorient. :Completed 10 October 1930. :She was sunk by German Junkers Ju 87 ''Stuka''s while taking part in the evacuation of Namsos, on 3 May 1940, off Trondheim. Out of 229 members on the crew, 136 were lost. Survivors from ''Bison'' were picked up by , which was then also sunk by the ''Stuka''s. * ("Cheetah") :Built by Arsenal de Lorient. :Completed 13 August 1929, :Scuttled 27 November 1942. :Refloated 4 September 1943. :Bombed and sunk March 1944. :Refloate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V And W-class Destroyer
The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th of fourteen War Emergency Programmes during the First World War and generally treated as one class. For their time they were among the most powerful and advanced ships of their type in the world, and set the trend for future British designs. They arrived in time to see service in the First World War. During the interwar period these ships formed the backbone of the Royal Navy's destroyer flotillas until gradually replaced by new construction; by the mid-1930s most had been displaced to the reserve fleet. Most ships survived to make an extensive contribution to the Second World War effort, in the vital role of convoy escort, freeing up more modern ships for fleet action. History The V and W class were the ultimate evolution of British destroyer design in the First World War, embodying the improvements of their predecessors as well as new technol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parker-class Flotilla Leader
The ''Parker''-class leaders or improved ''Marksman''-class leaders were a class of six destroyer leaders built for the Royal Navy during 1916–17 for World War I service. They were named after famed historical naval leaders, except for ''Anzac'', which was named to honour the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and was later transferred to the Royal Australian Navy. They were the last major Royal Navy warships to be ordered with three propeller shafts, a design that was never widely adopted in British warships. Design The ''Parker''s were based on the design of the preceding leaders and shared the same hull design and dimensions. Operations with the ''Marksman'' class and previous leaders indicated several areas for improvement: more freeboard, increased firepower, and relocation of the bridge to a position further aft. On the ''Parker'' class, the bridge was moved aft by reducing the boiler rooms from three to two; instead of the four funnels on the ''Marksman''s, the ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faulknor-class Flotilla Leader
The ''Faulknor'' class were a class of flotilla leaders that were under construction in the United Kingdom for the Chilean Navy at the outbreak of World War I. Six ships were ordered by Chile, of which the first two (''Almirante Lynch'' and ''Almirante Condell'') were delivered to Chile before the outbreak of the war. The remaining four ships were purchased by the British, taken over and completed for the Royal Navy for wartime service. In common with Royal Navy convention, they were named after famous Royal Navy captains of the past, in this case the members of the Faulknor family. Design The six s were a private design by J. Samuel White that were significantly larger and heavier armed than their contemporaries. They had four funnels, a tall, narrow fore funnel and three broad, short funnels behind. They were initially armed with six single QF 4-inch guns, unusually arranged with four on the forecastle - two sited in front of the wheelhouse and two sited abreast it - the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Swift (1907)
HMS ''Swift'' was a unique destroyer leader designed and built for the Royal Navy prior to World War I, another product of Admiral "Jackie" Fisher's relentless quest for speed. The class was envisioned as a large ocean-going destroyer, capable of both the usual destroyer requirements and of high-speed scouting duties for a major fleet. Design Fisher put his specification to the Director of Naval Construction (DNC) in October 1904 (, 900 tons, ). The DNC replied that it was not strong enough. In 1905 a revised design for from on a 1,400 t hull was pushed through followed by one for 36 knots on 1,350 tons from . Given only four weeks to produce their tender, the major shipyards - Cammell Laird, Thornycrofts, Fairfields, John Brown and Armstrong Whitworth - put forward designs. There were problems meeting the requirements and the high cost of the designs (for example, Armstrong's design was priced at £284,000, compared to £139,881 for , a destroyer of the 1905 ). A final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agano-class Cruiser
The four were light cruisers operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. All were named after Japanese rivers. Larger than previous Japanese light cruisers, the ''Agano''-class vessels were fast, but with little protection, and were under-gunned for their size (albeit with a powerful offensive torpedo armament, able to launch up to eight Type 93 "Long Lance" torpedoes in a salvo). They participated in numerous actions during World War II. The ''Agano'' class was followed by the larger , of which only a single vessel was completed. Background The Imperial Japanese Navy had developed a standardized design for light cruisers as flagships for destroyer and submarine squadrons, based on a 5,500 ton displacement, shortly after World War I. However, by the 1930s these vessels were obsolete, as contemporary destroyers were faster, carried more powerful armament, and had greater endurance. As soon as the restrictions of the London Naval Treaty were removed, the Navy General Staff developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sendai-class Cruiser
The were a class of three warships operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The vessels in the class were named after rivers according to the navy's light cruiser naming rule. They participated in numerous actions during the Pacific War and were mainly used as destroyer flotilla leaders. Design The ''Sendai''-class light cruisers were a development of the preceding . Their boilers were better located, and they had four funnels instead of three. Each ship was designed with a flying-off platform and hangar, but did not actually carry aircraft until a catapult system was installed in 1929. Ships in class Eight additional 5,500-ton cruisers were planned to be built under the Eight-eight fleet Program. Four ''Sendai''-class light cruisers were authorised to be constructed in Japan in 1921 and were laid down, but the last — ''Kako'' — was scrapped on the slipway in accordance with the regulations of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty. The other three were sunk during World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagara-class Cruiser
The six were a class of six light cruisers built for and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ''Nagara''-class cruisers proved useful in combat operations ranging from the Aleutian Islands to the Indian Ocean throughout World War II. Most served as flagships for destroyer or submarine squadrons, and were deployed for transport or local defense missions. Towards the end of the war, the surviving vessels were increasingly obsolete and were retained as second-line units.Stille, ''Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45'', page 22 The ''Nagara'' class was followed by the very similar . Background A final three 5,500 ton class light cruisers authorized under the 8-4 Fleet Program were ordered by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1920. Due to minor changes in design, primarily due to advances in torpedo technology, these three vessels were initially designated as "modified Kuma-class", or "5500-ton class Type II", before being re-designated after the lead vessel, . A secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuma-class Cruiser
The were a class of five light cruisers built for and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The ''Kuma''-class cruisers proved useful in combat operations ranging from the Aleutian Islands to the Indian Ocean throughout World War II. The ''Kuma''-class was followed by the very similar . Background Despite the success of the high speed light cruiser design, the Imperial Japanese Navy realized that they would be outgunned by the larger US Navy and the Dutch Java-class of light cruisers then under development. In addition, the ''Tenryū''-class vessels, with a maximum speed of , were unable to keep up with the newer Japanese destroyers, such as the , which had a design speed of .Stille, '' Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45 '', pages 14-18; At the end of 1917, plans for an additional six ''Tenryū''-class vessels, plus three new-design 7200 ton-class scout cruisers were shelved, in place of an intermediate 5,500 ton-class vessel which could be used as both a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenryū-class Cruiser
The two were the first light cruisers operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. They participated in numerous actions during World War II. The ''Tenryū'' class was followed by the larger and more versatile . Background The ''Tenryū'' class was designed to act as flagships for destroyer flotillas. The design represented an intermediate class between the light cruiser (e.g. ''Chikuma'' class of 5,000 t) and the destroyer (e.g. ''Kawakaze''-class destroyers of 1,300 t), which had few counterparts in other navies of the time, although it was inspired by a similar concept to the Royal Navy ''Arethusa'' class and s.Gardner, ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921'', p. 237. The Imperial Japanese Navy and Japanese shipbuilding industry were still closely associated with the British due to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, and were able to improve on the British experience. Plans for the small cruisers were developed in 1915, with orders placed in the 1916 fiscal year. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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