I class destroyer
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| 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
| Pennant number | Ship | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D03 | Icarus, | John Brown | 26 November 1936 | 3 May 1937 | BU 1946 |
| D61 | Ilex | John Brown | 28 January 1937 | 7 July 1937 | BU 1947 |
| D44 | Imogen, | Hawthorn Leslie | 30 October 1936 | 2 June 1937 | Lost on 16 July 1940 after colliding with the cruiser Glasgow |
| D09 | Imperial | Hawthorn Leslie | 11 December 1936 | 30 June 1937 | Severely damaged by air attack on 29 May 1941 in the battle of Crete, sunk by torpedoes from Hotspur |
| D11 | Impulsive | JS White | 1 March 1936 | 29 January 1938 | Decommissioned Jan 1946 |
| D02 | Inglefield | Cammell Laird | 15 October 1936 | 25 June 1937 | Sunk by a German wire-guided missile off Anzio on 25 February 1944 |
| D10 | Intrepid | Thornycroft | 17 December 1936 | 29 July 1937 | Sunk by German Ju 88 bombers at Leros on 26 September 1943 |
| D87 | Isis | Yarrow | 12 December 1936 | 2 June 1937 | Sunk by a mine off Normandy on 20 July 1944 |
| D16 | Ivanhoe | Yarrow | 11 February 1937 | 24 August 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
| Pennant number | Ship | Builder | Launched | Completed | Fate |
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| H49 | Inconstant, ex- Muavenet | Vickers, Barrow | 24 February 1941 | 24 January 1942 | re-sold to Turkey in 1945, Decommissioned 1960 |
| H05 | *Ithuriel, ex-Gayret | Vickers, Barrow | 15 December 1940 | 3 March 1942 | Bombed at Bône on 28 November 1942 and never repaired |
| Sultanhisar | Denny | 1941 | 1942 | Delivered to Turkey in 1942, Decommissioned 1960 | |
| Demirhisar | Denny | 1941 | 1942 | Delivered to Turkey in 1942, Decommissioned 1960 |
