G-class destroyer (1944)

Class overview
Operators Royal Navy
Planned8
Cancelled8
General characteristics [1]
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
Length365 ft (111.25 m) o/a
Beam39 ft 6 in (12.04 m)
Draught14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsiongeared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) on 2 shafts
Speed33.75 kn (62.51 km/h; 38.84 mph)
Armament

The G-class destroyers were a proposed class of eight destroyers of the Royal Navy ordered during the Second World War under the 1944 Programme. Two were ordered (from Yarrow) on 24 July 1944, and six more on 30 August 1944, but all were cancelled on 13 December 1945, after the end of the war.

The class was to be an improvement on the Weapon class. It has been referred to as the Gael class or Gallant class of destroyers.

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