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1933 destroyer construction programme was very similar to the previous
year's F Class (1935) DD, being slightly smaller with displacement the same as the A
Class of the 1927 programme. The reduction in displacement was achieved by omitting the cruise turbines, and improvement in boiler technology. A move to increase the torpedo broadside to 10 tubes meant Glowworm received the prototype pentad fitting. All the others received quadruple tubes. Anti-aircraft armament remained woeful. Six of the eight were lost during the first two years of WW2.
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