| VESSELS TRANSFERRED TO BRITAIN IN "DESTROYER DEAL" SEPTEMBER 1940 |
| In September 1940, even as the US Navy was struggling to rebuild its destroyer forces (see relevant pages on this site) 50 WWI-era ships were transferred to the Royal Navy, itself hard-pressed in the Battle of the Atlantic. In exchange, the US received the right to establish abses on British possessions in the Western Hermisphere, including NewFoundland, Bermuda, Trinidad, etc. Listed below are the vessels transferred and their new British (or Canadian) names and pennant numbers. Nine of these ships were later transferred by Britain to the USSR, and are idicated by an asterisk. (*) Vessels lost while in foreign service are indicated with the "pound" (#) sign. |
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| USN Name and Number CONWAY (DD-70) (ex-CRAVEN) CONNER (DD-72) STOCKTON (DD-73) WICKES (DD-75) PHILIP (DD-76) EVANS (DD-78) SIGOURNEY (DD-81) ROBINSON (DD-88) RINGGOLD (DD-89) FAIRFAX (DD-93) WILLIAMS (DD-108) TWIGGS (DD-127) BUCHANAN (DD-131) AARON WARD (DD-132) HALE (DD-133) CROWNINSHIELD (DD-134) TILLMAN (DD-135) CLAXTON (DD-140) YARNALL (DD-143) THATCHER (DD-162) COWELL (DD-167) MADDOX (DD-168) FOOTE (DD-169) KALK (DD-170) MACKENZIE (DD-175) HOPEWELL (DD-181) THOMAS (DD-182) HARADEN (DD-183) ABBOT (DD-184) DORAN (DD-185) ex-BAGLEY SATTERLEE (DD-190) MASON (DD-191) A. P. UPSHUR (DD-193) HUNT (DD-194) WELBORN C. WOOD (DD-195) BRANCH (DD-197) HERNDON (DD-198) McCOOK (DD-252) McCALLA (DD-253) RODGERS (DD-254) BANCROFT (DD-256) WELLES (DD-257) AULICK (DD-258) LAUB (DD-263) McLANAHAN (DD-264) EDWARDS (DD-265) SHUBRICK (DD-268) BAILEY (DD-269) SWASEY (DD-273) MEADE (DD-274) |
| Commonwealth Name HMS LEWES (G68) HMS LEEDS (G27) HMS LUDLOW (G57) HMS MONTGOMERY (G95) HMS LANCASTER (G05) HMS MANSFIELD (G76) HMS NEWPORT (G54) HMS NEWMARKET (G47) HMS NEWARK (G08) HMS RICHMOND* (G88) HMCS ST. CLAIR (I65) HMS LEAMINGTON* (G19) HMS CAMPBELTOWN (I42) # HMS CASTLETON (I23) HMS CALDWELL (I20) HMS CHELSEA* (I35) HMS WELLS (I95) HMS SALISBURY (I52) HMS LINCOLN* (G42) HMCS NIAGARA (I57) HMS BRIGHTON* (I08) HMS GEORGETOWN* (I40) HMS ROXBOROUGH* (I07) HMCS HAMILTON (I24) HMCS ANNAPOLIS HMS BATH (I17) # HMS ST. ALBANS* (I15) HMCS COLUMBIA (I49) HMS CHARLESTON (I21) HMS ST. MARYS (I12) HMS BELMONT (H46) # HMS BROADWATER (H81) # HMS CLARE (I14) HMS BROADWAY (H90) HMS CHESTERFIELD (I28) HMS BEVERLY # HMS CHURCHILL* (I45) # HMCS ST. CROIX (I81) # HMS STANLEY (I73) # HMS SHERWOOD (I80) HMCS ST. FRANCIS (I93) HMS CAMERON (I05) # HMS BURNHAM (H82) HMS BURWELL (H94) HMS BRADFORD (H72) HMS BUXTON (H96) HMS RIPLEY (G79) HMS READING (G71) HMS ROCKINGHAM (G58) # HMS RAMSEY (G60) |
| Notes Scuttled 1946 Scrapped 1949 Used as target hulk Scrapped 1945 Scrapped 1947 Sold 1944 Scrapped 1947 Scrapped 1945 Scrapped 1947 ZHIVUCHI, scrapped 1949 Scrapped 1946 ZHGUCHI, scrapped 1951 Expended 3/29/42 Scrapped 1948 Scrapped 1945 DZERKI, scrapped 1949 Scrapped 1946 Scrapped 1945 DRUZHNY, scrapped 1952 Scrapped 1947 ZHARKI, scrapped 1949 ZHOSTKI, scrapped 1952 DOBLESTNYI, scrapped 1949 Lost enroute to scrapping 1945 HMCS ANNAPOLIS Norwegian manned, lost 8/19/41 DOSTOYNYI, scrapped 1949 Scrapped 1945 Scrapped 1948 Scrapped 1945 Lost with all hands, 1/31/42 Lost 10/19/41 Scrapped 1947 Scrapped 1948 Scrapped 1948 HMS BEVERLY # DYATELNYI, lost 1/16/45 Lost 9/20/42 Lost 12/18/41 Beached as target hulk, 1943 Wrecked enroute to scrapping 1945 Damaged 12/5/40, scrapped 1944 Scrapped 1948 Scrapped 1947 Scrapped 1946 Scrapped 1946 Scrapped 1945 Scrapped 1945 Lost 9/27/44 Scrapped 1947 |
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