RN Destroyers: C Class 1931

[jbryce1437]

Some photos of the C Class 1931:

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hms crescent.jpg

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hms cygnet, off portsmouth.jpg

Flotilla Leader HMS Kempenfelt

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[ivorthediver]

Why has the flotilla leader not have a "C" name please , instead it has a K

[jbryce1437]

Why has the flotilla leader not have a "C" name please , instead it has a K

Whilst the classes were named alphabetically, I think all of the Flotilla Leaders were named after famous Admirals

Jim

[ivorthediver]

Ahhhhh now I understand the system Jim , thank you very much for the educational tip on this point , very grateful to you .

[ivorthediver]

Why has the flotilla leader not have a "C" name please , instead it has a K

Whilst the classes were named alphabetically, I think all of the Flotilla Leaders were named after famous Admirals

Jim

If thats the case Jim , and I have no doubt your correct on this point , what is the likely hood and when will our patrons Father have a Flotilla leader named after him i.e. HMS LEWIN or has that type of etiquette passed now

[Brian James]

C Class Destroyer HMS Kempenfelt pictured at Swinemünde in 1934..Built at J Samuel White Shipyards at Cowes in 1932, a flotilla leader, she saw service in the Home Fleet before World War II and made several deployments to Spanish waters during the Spanish Civil War, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict.
Kempenfelt was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1939 and renamed HMCS Assiniboine. During World War II, she served as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic, sinking one German Submarine by ramming, on Anti-Submarine Patrols during the invasion of Normandy, and was employed as a Troop Transport after VE Day for returning Canadian servicemen, before being decommissioned in mid-1945. Assiniboine was sold for breaking up in 1945, but she ran aground while being towed to the breakers and was not broken up until 1952.