ناوشکن‌های کلاس V و W (مرد جنگ ۲)

Introducing Man OWar 2 is a singular pleasure for me as destroyers have long been numbered among my favorite ship classes.This is particularly true of the V Ws. Born out of WWI experience, they differed from their predecessors primarily as regards increased sizes and offensive arma¬ment. Technically speaking, they were not particularly in¬novative, though their forecastle break and super-firing guns, which every other major navy copied, set the stan¬dard for destroyer design for the next twenty years. There is no doubt but that they were sturdy, well-founded vessels. Other than the American four-stackers, they were the only destroyers of WWI vintage to see action in WWII practically as a complete class. Dec 1942, starboard camouflage......Page 27 1943......Page 34 1942......Page 38 Dec 1942......Page 39 1943, ASW vessal......Page 35 Table 8 - Conversion status of WW2 ships......Page 30 1942......Page 31 Mid 1944......Page 36 May 1925, aground......Page 18 1940 wair......Page 16 May 1942......Page 51 Table 1 - Legend for 'V' leaders......Page 4 Late 1942......Page 25 Table 7 - Fate of vessels by Sept 1939......Page 17 June 1942, starboard and port views......Page 48 June 1942......Page 49 1942, Harwich......Page 19 July 1943......Page 53 Sept 1943, converted to LRE......Page 33 Table 3 - Construction of 'V' Class......Page 7 Table 2 - Construction of 'V' leaders......Page 5 Admiralty disruptive, n.d.......Page 45 Wair, n.d.......Page 54 1943......Page 41 May 1919, fitting out......Page 10 May 1919, fitting out......Page 11 Aug 1943......Page 46 Dec 1942......Page 26 May 1942......Page 50 April 1943......Page 52 Late 1943......Page 42 Nov 1919, as completed......Page 12 Table 5 - Full power trials of Woolston, 24/06/1918......Page 13 Sketch as built, 1918......Page 8 July 1929......Page 6 Jan 1940......Page 15 1944, triple torpedo tubes, detail......Page 32 Mid 1942......Page 47 Table 4 - Construction of repeat 'V' or 'W' Class......Page 9 Table 9 - War losses......Page 37 Oct 1942, Norfolk Navy Yard......Page 20 1942, LRE......Page 43 Sept 1943......Page 22 July 1942, general arrangement......Page 29 Table 6 - Construction of modified 'W' Class......Page 14 June 1942, Rosyth......Page 40 1942, Harwich......Page 3 Aug 1942, Gibralter......Page 21 Late 1942......Page 24 Late 1942, starboard camouflage......Page 28 April 1942......Page 23 July and aug 1942......Page 44