EVARTS CLASS
                   
Length                                 289.5 feet (overall) 
Beam                                   35.0 feet                                 
Draught                                9.0 feet (fully loaded)                  
Displacement                           1,360 tons (fully loaded)            
Propellers                             2off Solid Manganese Bronze 8.5 feet each   
Rudders                                2off          
Bunkers and Radius                     126 tons(Oil Fuel)  5,000 miles at 15 knots 
Maximum Speed                          19 knots(Many ships were capable of (21/22knots) 
          
Main Guns                              3 x 3inch/50 Mk22 Dual purpose open mounts and      
                                       Fired fixed shot (antiaircraft, armour piercing or 
                                       starshell )and had a range of 14,600 yards at 45   
                                       degrees and an antiaircraft ceiling of 28,000feet.
                           
Antiaircraft Guns                      7 x 20mm single mount Oerlikon cannon positioned 
                                       one in front of the bridge behind and above B gun 
                                       also one each side of B gun in pods and two each 
                                       side of the ship in pods just abaft the funnel (some 
                                       of the ships had  an extra Oerlikon fitted on top of 
                                       the superstructure midships, the odd ship had a 
                                       twin 40mm Bofas gun instead of the extra Oerlikon. 

                              
Anti Submarine Weapons.  
                                                                                             
Hedgehog                               British designed ahead throwing mortar which fired 
                                       24 bombs ahead of the ship, this was situated 
                                       between A and B guns.
                                                         
Depth Charges                          Approximately 200 depth charges were carried.  
                                       Two sets of double rails at the stern held 24 per 
                                       set. Two K gun throwers each holding five charges 
                                       were situated each side of the ship just forward of 
                                       the aft depth charge rails. Just forward of these, 
                                       double ready rails extending to midships were fitted 
                                       each side of the ship holding approximately sixty 
                                       charges per side (these ready rails were added 
                                       after the ships arrived back in the U.K.


Electronics    
                           
Radar                                  Type SL  Surface search fixed to mast above yard 
                                       Type SA Air search only fitted to certain ships

Asdic (Sonar)                          Type128D or Type 144 both in retractable dome 
  
Direction Finding                      MF Direction Finding antenna fitted in front of the 
                                       bridge        
                                       HF/DF Type FH 4 antenna fitted on top of mast 



LIST OF EVARTS CLASS SHIPS

H.M.Ships  BAYNTUN K310.  BAZELEY K311.  BERRY K312.  
BLACKWOOD K313  BURGESS K347. CAPEL K470. COOKE K471. 
DACERS K472.  DOMETT K473. DRURY K316. FOLEY K474. 
GARDINER K478  GARLIES K475. GOODALL K479. GOODSON K480. 
GORE K481.  GOULD K476. GRINDALL K477. HOSTE K566. 
INGLIS K570.  INMAN K571. KEATS K482. KEMPTHORNE K483. 
KINGSMILL K484  LAWFORD K514. LAWSON K516. LORING K565. 
LOUIS K515.  MANNERS K568. MOORSOM K567. MOUNSEY K569. 
PASLEY K564.

A TOTAL OF 32 SHIPS



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