An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau dated July 1938 reporting that the British Royal Navy intended to modernize the V and W-classes destroyers of 1917-1918. The armament was to consist of 3.4x2-10,2cm anti aircraft guns and further more to be fitted out with modern anti submarine warfare equipment. Their speed was just 30 knots.(1)
Note
1. Both similar classes were built under the War Emergency Programme and in their time of the best of their kind world wide. There were totally 67 built with another 40 cancelled. What was left of the aged destroyers in 1937 was kept by the navy and a large number was converted into escort vessels.
Note
1. Both similar classes were built under the War Emergency Programme and in their time of the best of their kind world wide. There were totally 67 built with another 40 cancelled. What was left of the aged destroyers in 1937 was kept by the navy and a large number was converted into escort vessels.
