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Shakespeare
Class Flotilla Leaders. Photographs and history of the Shakespeare
class flotilla leaders, including HMS Shakespeare, HMS Spenser, HMS
Wallace, HMS Keppel and HMS Rooke. History of the Shakespeare
Class Flotilla leaders launched 1917 - 1920
Displacement : 1554t Speed 36kts Complement : 183 Armament : Five 4.7in. BL MkI, One 3in AA, Two 2pdr pom poms, Six 21in. TT HMS Keppel, HMS Wallace and HMS Broke (ex - Rooke) had the following specifications during World War Two : Displacement : 1480t, Speed : 36?kts, Complement : 164, Armament : Two 4.7in. One 3in. AA Broke 2/ Keppel 4 20mm AA guns; Six 21in TT; One ATW except Wallace Four 4in. AA, Four 2pdr AA, Two 20mm AA, Eight 5in. AA guns. |
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HMS Shakespeare | 7th July 1917 | Sold for scrapping in 1936. | |
HMS Spenser | 22nd September 1917 | Sold for scrapping in 1936. | |
HMS Wallace (L.64) | 26th October 1918 | Sold for scrapping in March 1945. | |
HMS Keppel (D.84) | 23rd April 1920. | Sold for scrapping in July 1945. | |
HMS Rooke (HMS Broke) | 16th September 1920 | Renamed HMS Broke in April 1921. Sunk on 8th November 1942. | |
HMS Shakespeare | |||
HMS Shakespeare. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here ? Walker Archive. Order Code PHD417 |
HMS Shakespeare, 1917. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP1696 |
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HMS Shakespeare pictured c.1930. Original book photo plate available, image size 7" x 4". Printed in 1930. Price ?10 including post. Order code HAR53. |
HMS Shakespeare. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here ? Walker Archive. Order Code PHD488 |
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HMS Spenser | |||
HMS Spenser ?Walker Archive A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here ? Walker Archive. Order Code PHD093 |
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HMS Wallace | |||
HMS Wallace, 1935. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP1698 |
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HMS Wallace. ?Walker Archive A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here ? Walker Archive. Order Code PHD103 |
HMS Wallace, 1935. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP1697 |
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HMS Keppel | |||
HMS Keppel. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here ? Walker Archive. Order Code PHD094 |
HMS Keppel with Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, 1939. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP1699 |
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HMS Broke (ex - HMS Rooke). A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here ? Walker Archive. Order Code PHD343 |
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HMS Broke, July 1935. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP1700 |
HMS Broke, 1938. Original republished ? MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price ?5 Click here to order. Order Code MP1701 |
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