I class destroyer
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| HMS Inglefield, class leader | |
| General Characteristics | |
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| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,340 tons (except Inglefield 1456 tons) (standard) 1,980 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 323 ft (98 m) (except Inglefield 337 ft) |
| Beam: | 33 ft |
| Draught: | 12 ft 5 inch (13 ft 4 inch full load) |
| Propulsion: | Parsons geared turbines, 2 shafts, 3 boilers, 34,000 hp (30 MW) |
| Speed: | 36 knots (70 km/h) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 145 |
| Armament: | four (Inglefield 5) 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns eight 0.5 inch (13 mm) AA machine guns 10 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, (2 x5) (8 torpedo tubes in ex "Turkish" ships) 45 depth charges. |
| Armour: | |
| Aircraft: | none |
| Source: | Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946 |
The I class was a class of eleven destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1936–1937. They were similar to the ships of the G and H class, except that they had ten torpedo tubes instead of eight. They served in World War II and seven were lost.
[edit] Ships
- Icarus, launched on 26 November 1936
- Ilex, launched on 28 January 1937
- Imogen, launched on 30 October 1936, lost on 16 July 1940 after colliding with the cruiser Glasgow
- Imperial, launched on 11 December 1936, severely damaged by air attack on 29 May 1941 in the battle of Crete, sunk by torpedoes from Hotspur
- Impulsive, launched on 1 March 1936
- Inglefield, launched on 15 October 1936, sunk by a German wire-guided missile off Anzio on 25 February 1944
- Intrepid, launched on 17 December 1936, sunk by German Ju 88 planes at Leros on 26 September 1943
- Isis, launched on 12 December 1936, sunk by a mine off Normandy on 20 July 1944
- Ivanhoe, launched on 11 February 1937, sunk by a mine on 1 September 1940
[edit] ex Turkish Ships
4 ships were ordered for the Turkish Navy in 1938. Upon the outbreak of war 2 were purchased by the British, but two were delivered to the Turks in 1942 as the Sultanhisar and the Demirhisar
- Inconstant, launched on 24 February 1941, re-sold to Turkey in 1945
- Ithuriel, launched on 15 December 1940, bombed at Bône and never repaired
