Ships
Pennant number |
Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D03 | Icarus † | John Brown & Company, Clydebank | 9 March 1936 | 26 November 1936 | 3 May 1937 | Sold for scrapping 29 October 1946. |
D61 | Ilex | John Brown & Company, Clydebank | 9 March 1936 | 28 January 1937 | 7 July 1937 | Sold for scrapping in Sicily 1948. |
D44 | Imogen | Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn | 18 January 1936 | 30 October 1936 | 2 June 1937 | Collided with cruiser Glasgow 16 July 1940 and sunk. |
D09 | Imperial | Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn | 29 January 1936 | 11 December 1936 | 30 June 1937 | Severely damaged by air attack 29 May 1941 in Battle of Crete, sunk by torpedoes from Hotspur |
D11 | Impulsive † | J. Samuel White, Cowes | 9 March 1936 | 1 March 1936 | 29 January 1938 | Sold for scrapping 22 January 1946. |
D02 | Inglefield | Cammell Laird & Company, Birkenhead | 29 April 1936 | 15 October 1936 | 25 June 1937 | Sunk by German wire-guided missile off Anzio, 25 February 1944 |
D10 | Intrepid † | John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston | 6 January 1936 | 17 December 1936 | 29 July 1937 | Sunk by German Ju 88 bombers off Leros, 26 September 1943 |
D87 | Isis | Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun | 5 February 1936 | 12 December 1936 | 2 June 1937 | Mined and sunk off Normandy beaches, 20 July 1944. |
D16 | Ivanhoe † | Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun | 12 February 1936 | 11 February 1937 | 24 August 1937 | Mined and sunk off Texel, 1 September 1940 |
† = fitted as minelayers
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