G-class destroyer (1944)

Class overview
Operators	Royal Navy
Planned	8
Cancelled	8
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,995 long tons (2,027 t) standard; 2,740 long tons (2,780 t) deep load;
Length	365 ft (111.25 m) o/a
Beam	39 ft 6 in (12.04 m)
Draught	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsion	geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) on 2 shafts
Speed	33.75 kn (62.51 km/h; 38.84 mph)
Armament	4 × QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval guns DP; 6 × 40 mm AA guns; 10 (2 × 5) tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes;

The G-class destroyers were a proposed class of eight destroyers of the Royal Navy ordered during the Second World War under the 1944 Programme. Two were ordered (from Yarrow) on 24 July 1944, and six more on 30 August 1944, but all were cancelled on 13 December 1945, after the end of the war.

The class was to be an improvement on the Weapon class. It has been referred to as the Gael class or Gallant class of destroyers.

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