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Admiralty S Class Destroyer images and builders / dock yard plans


chuckb1

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Hi, 

 

I am hoping someone can help, my father served on HMS Grafton and HMS Shikari during World War 2. I have had success getting a suitable kit of a G Class Destroyer from IBG I now also have a kit of an S Class from Aoshima, however Shikari was heavily converted for convoy escort after her role as the Control Ship for Centurion in the 1930s. I have worked out from IWM her weapon fit and radar upgrade but am looking for super structure changes to accommodate the 20mm Oerlikons midships and on what I believe was her mid ships 4" Mounting. If anyone could point me in the right direction so that I can find better images and drawings of her so that I can scratch build the upper works that would be great.

 

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Looks like the National Maritime Museum holds plans for both Grafton and Shikari (links below). But as your interest is in changes made to them later in their careers I'm not sure if those plans would also cover those later modifications, perhaps you'll need to rely on photographs. Others here are very knowledgeable on destroyers though so hopefully someone else will be along with the answers you seek.

 

Shikari

Grafton

Grafton

 

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