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General characteristics

• Displacement: 1,405 tons
• Length: 329 ft (100 m)
• Complement: 145 men
• Armament: Four (flotilla leaders: Five) 4.7 inch (120 mm) guns, eight .5 inch (12.7 mm) AA, eight 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, up to 60 depth charges; in 1940, 1 bank of 4 torpedo tubes was replaced with one 3-inch (76.2mm) and 2-20mm AA guns
• Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h)
• Propulsion: Geared turbines, 2 shafts, 36,000 hp (26.8 MW)

Torpedo tubes of the French SNLE Redoutable A torpedo tube is a device for launching torpedoes in a horizontal direction. ... Depth Charge used by U.S. Navy later in World War II The depth charge is the oldest anti-submarine weapon. ...

E class

• Echo, launched on 16 February 1934, to Greece in 1944 as Navarinon
• Eclipse, launched on 12 April 1934, sunk by a mine off Kalymnos, Greece on 24 October 1943
• Electra, launched on 15 February 1934, sunk by Japanese light cruiser Jintsu in the battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942.
• Encounter, launched on 29 March 1934, scuttled after being severely damaged by the Japanese heavy cruisers Ashigara and Myoko in the battle of the Java Sea on 1 March 1942
• Escapade, launched on 30 January 1934
• Escort, launched on 29 March 1934, torpedoed by Italian submarine Guglielmo Marconi on 8 July 1940; sank while under tow on 11 July 1940.
• Esk, launched on 19 March 1934, sunk by a mine near Texel, the Netherlands, on 31 August 1940.
• Exmouth, launched on 7 February 1934, sunk by U-22 in the Moray Firth on 21 January 1940
• Express, launched on 29 May 1934, to Canada in 1943 as Gatineau

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F class

• Fame, launched on 28 June 1934, to Dominican Republic in 1948 as Generalisimo
• Faulknor, launched on 12 June 1934
• Fearless, launched on 12 May 1934, torpedoed by Italian]] planes in the Mediterranean on 12 July 1941, scuttled on 23 July 1941
• Firedrake, launched on 28 June 1934, sunk by U-211 on 16 December 1942
• Forester, launched on 28 June 1934
• Foresight, launched on 29 June 1934, torpedoed by Italian planes on 12 August 1942, scuttled on 12 August 1942
• Fortune, launched on 29 August 1934, to Canada as Saskatchewan
• Foxhound, launched on 12 October 1934, to Canada as Qu'appelle
• Fury, launched on 10 September 1934, mined off Normandy and damaged beyond repair on 21 June 1944