– Vickers-Armstrongs – Written off after torpedoed by aircraft March 1943 – White – White – Sold to Federal German Navy in 1959 as Brommy – Cammell Laird – Transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy. Torpedoed by E boat April 1943 – Cammell Laird – Transferred to Royal Norwegian Navy. Bought by Norway 1946 as Narvik – Fairfield – Written off after mined July 1944 – Fairfield – Transferred to Free French as . Mined February 1945 – Vickers-Armstrongs – Transferred to Greece as Kanaris – Vickers-Armstrongs – Stephens – Torpedoed by on 12 December 1943 – Stephens – Torpedoed by T-22 October 1943 – Swan Hunter – Swan Hunter – Transferred to Greece as Miaoulis – Vickers-Armstrongs – Torpedoed by E-boat December 1942 – Vickers-Armstrongs – Written off after hit by a Henschel Hs 293 glider bomb November 1943 – White – White – Launched in 1943 and sold for scrapping in 1961 – Yarrow – Bought by Greece 1946 as Adrias – Yarrow – Written off after collision November 1944 Type IV These very distinct vessels were built to a radically different private design by Thornycroft at Southampton, ordered on 28 July 1940. Laid down: 27 February 1941 Launched: 27 June 1942 Completed: 18 December 1942 Fate: Paid off 4 December 1945 and broken up on 17 September 1962 at Faslane. Laid down: 28 February 1941 Launched: 15 September 1942 Completed: 12 February 1943 Fate: Paid off 19 June 1948 and broken up on 3 March 1965 at Dalmuir. Notes Bibliography The Hunts: A History of the Design, Development and Careers of the 86 Destroyers of This Class Built for the Royal and Allied Navies During World War II, John English, World Ship Society, 1987, Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893–1981, Maurice Cocker, Ian Allan, Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945, Leo Marriott, Ian Allan, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946, Ed. Robert Gardiner, Naval Institute Press, Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia, M. J. Whitley, Arms and Armour Press, 1999, . Nelson to Vanguard, D. K. Brown, Chatham Publishing, 2000, British and Empire Warships of the Second World War, H T Lenton, Greenhill Books, External links Czech site Uboat site Free cardstock model plan of Hunt Type 1 Escort Destroyer, to print off and assemble Destroyer classes Frigate classes Ship classes of the Royal Navy Ship classes of the French Navy