Destroyers,
given to Britain form the US, in return for a 99 year lease of Bases in
West Indies and British Guiana. These old destroyers were used by the
Royal Navy, in various rolls, including HMS Campbletown, in Operation Chariot. |
Ships Name |
Launched |
History |
HMS Bath (ex USS Hopewell) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Lost in 1941. |
HMS Belmont (ex USS Satterlee) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Lost in 1942. |
HMS Beverley (ex USS Branch) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Lost in 1943. |
HMS Bradford (ex USS McLanahan) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1946. |
HMS Brighton (ex USS Cowell) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Transferred to USSR in 1944. Broken up in 1949. |
HMS Broadwater
(ex USS Mason) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Lost in 1941. |
HMS Burnham (ex USS Aulick) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1947. |
HMS Burwell (ex USS Laub) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1947. |
HMS Buxton ( ex USS Edwards) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1946. |
HMS Cameron (ex USS Welles) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Lost in 1940. |
HMS Campbeltown (ex USS Buchanan) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Lost in 1942. |
HMS Caldwell (ex USS Hale) |
Between 1917 & 1920 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1944. |
HMS Castleton (ex USS Aaron
Ward) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1947. |
HMS Charlestown (ex USS
Abbot) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1947. |
HMS Chelsea (ex USS Crowninshield) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Transferred to USSR in 1944. Broken up in 1949. |
HMS Georgetown (ex USS Maddox) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Transferred to USSR in 1944. Broken up in 1949. |
HMS Lancaster (ex
USS Philip) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1947. |
HMS Leamington (ex USS Twiggs) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Transferred to USSR in 1944. Broken up in 1951. |
HMS Leeds (ex USS Conner) |
Between 1917-18 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1947. |
HMS Lincoln (ex
USS Yarnall) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Transferred to USSR in 1944. Broken up in 1952. |
HMS Ludlow (EX USS Stockton) |
Between 1917-18 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1945. |
HMS Mansfield (ex USS Evans) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1945. |
HMS Montgomery (ex USS
Wickes ) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1945. |
HMS Newark (ex
USS Ringold) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1947. |
HMS Newmarket (ex USS Robinson) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1945. |
HMS Newport (ex USS Sigourney) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1947. |
HMS Ramsey (ex USS Meade) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1947. |
HMS Reading (ex USS Bailey) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1945. |
HMS Richmond (ex USS Fairfax) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Transferred to USSR in 1944. Broken up in 1949. |
HMS Ripley
(ex USS Shubrick) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1945. |
HMS Rockingham (ex USS Swasey) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Lost in 1944. |
HMS Roxburgh (ex
USS Foote) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Transferred to USSR in 1944. Broken up in 1952. |
HMS St Albans (ex USS Thomas) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Transferred to USSR in 1944. Broken up in 1949. |
HMS St Mary's (ex USS Doran,
USS Bagley) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1945. |
HMS Salisbury (ex USS Claxton ) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1944. |
HMS Sherwood (ex
USS Rodgers ) |
Between 1917 & 1920 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1945. |
HMS Stanley (ex
USS McCalla) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Lost in 1941. |
HMS Broadway (ex USS Hunt) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1947. |
HMS Chesterfield
(ex USS Welborn C Wood ) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1947. |
HMS Churchill (ex USS Herndon) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Transferred to USSR in 1944. Lost in 1945. |
HMS Clare (ex USS Abel
P Upshur) |
Between 1918-21 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1945. |
HMS Wells (ex USS Tillman) |
Between 1917-19 |
Transferred to Britain in
1940. Broken up in 1945. |