The BAY/ LOCH CLASS frigates cost ½ as much as BATTLE CLASS @ £ ½ million on VE day. Even the sale of used ones to NZ still cost them £¼ million each. The £ 4.2 million to complete all 12 WEAPON CLASS, can be funded with the “BATTLE over DARING” switch plus the sale of 14 “used” LOCH/BAY class frigates or the sale of 7“new” models.
The Hunt class were scrapped through the late 1950s for average of £21,000 each[£17,000-23,000-25,000 plus £19,000 after deduction of break-up costs, compared with build cost of about £150,000 = IE 1/10TH the cost of purchase -adjusting for weapons inflation ] .
Build cost was £436,769 HMS QUILLIAM DD 1940
HMS QUENTIN 15th April 1942 at a cost of £436,844
HMS QUEENBOURGH Build cost was £439,820
HMS QUALITY build cost £439,820.
HMS QUAIL 7th January 1943 at a cost of £436,576
HMS QUADRANT 26th November 1942 at a cost of £436,576.
2,626,405 /6= 437734
HMS QUILLIUM on 22nd October 1943 at a total cost of £438,596 including
HMS PORCUPINE Build was completed on 31st August 1942 at a cost of £408,200
HMS PETARD 15th June 1942 at a cost of £408,200
HMS PENN 10th February 1942 at a cost of £408,200,
HMS PATHFINDER 13th April 1942 and cost £410,905
HMS PARTRIDGE 22nd February 1942 at a cost of approximately £400,000
HMS PANTHER 12th December 1941 at a cost of £404,046
HMS PALADINE 12th December 1941 for a cost of £411,262
HMS PAKENHAM 4th February 1942 at a cost of £416,710,
HMS ORWELL Build cost was £410,872
4116991 for 10 DD= 411,699 average.
HMS ONSLOW on 8th October 1941 at a cost of £416,942
HMS NONPARIEL Tender price was£400,684
HMS NOBLE Tender price was£400,684
HMS PIORUN her build cost was £400,963.16s
HMS MUSKETEER Completed on 18th September 1942 at a cost of £462,543
HMS METEOR March 1942. Build coat was £462,337.
HMS MARTIN Build was completed on 4th April 1942 at a cost of £457,512
3001665/7=428,809
HMS MARNE Completion of build was 2nd December 1941 at a cost of £457,512
HMS MILNE Build was completed on 6th August 1942 at a cost of £659.512, including items such as armament and communications outfits supplied by the Admiralty
HMS LOYAL Tender cost was £440,204
HMS LOOKOUT Tender cost was £440,204
HMS LIVELY Build was completed on 20th July 1941 for a Tender cost was £458,132
HMS LIGHTNING The Tender cost was £440.807
HMS LEGION Build was completed on 19th December 1940 at a Tender cost was £445,684 3,342,055 /7=477,436.
HMS LANCE Build of this ship was completed on 13th May 1941. Tender cost was £440,204
HMS GURHKA Build of this ship was completed on 18th February 1941 Tender cost was £441,837
HMS LAFOREY The Tender cost was £445,684
HMS KELVIN Build cost, excluding Admiralty supplied equipment vas £391,046.
HMS KASHMIR Her build was completed on 10th October 1939 at a contract price of £391,570
HMS JUPITER Build was completed on 25th June 1939 at a cost of £389,511
HMS JAVELINE Her Tender cost, excluding that of Admiralty supplied equipment such as weapons and radio was £391,570
2,882,038/7= 411,714 average
HMS JAGUAR Her build cost, excluding equipment supplied by the Admiralty such as communications outfits and weapons was £392,363. The average total cost for this Class, complete with all equipment and stores was £596,197
HMS JACKAL The total cost of her build was £391,370,
HMS ZULU Build was completed on 7th September 1938 at a contract price of £351,135.
HMS SIKH . Build was completed on 12 October 1938 at a cost of £337, 704
HMS PUNJABI Her build was completed on 29th March 1939 after delay and the Tender cost was £343,005
HMS NUBIAN The build contract cost was £339,265
HMS MOHAWK Build was completed on 7th September 1938 for a tender price of £339,585
HMS MATABELE Her build was completed on 25th January 1939 after delay in the Tender cost was £343,005
2837432/8= 354679 average.
HMS MASHONA Tender cost was £341,108
HMS MAORI Build was completed on 30th November 1938. Tender cost was £340,622
HMS GURHKA Build was not completed until 21st October 1938 due to late delivery of gunnery equipment. Tender cost was £340,997
HMS BEDOUIN Build was completed on 15th March 1939 at a Tender cost of £340,400
HMS ASHANTI Build was not completed until 21st December 1938 due to late delivery of gun mountings. Tender cost was £340,770
HMS AFRIDA Build was completed on 3rd May 1938 for a tender price of £341,462
HMS IVANHOE The contract price was £259,371
2304730/7= 329,247 average.
HMS ISIS . Build was completed on 2nd June 1937 at a cost of £259,377
HMS INTREPID Build was completed on 29th July 1937 and cost £258,965
HMS IMPULSIVE Build was completed on 29 January 1938 at a build cost of £258,965,
HMS IMPERIAL Build was completed on 30th June 1937 after delay due to delay in delivery of gun mountings. The contract price was £257,117
HMS IMOGEN Her build was completed on 2nd June 1937 at a contract price of £256,917
HMS ILEX 7th July 1937 after delay due to delay in delivery of gun mountings. The contract price was £255,072
HMS HYPERION . Her build completed on 3rd December 1936 at a cost of £255,461.10s
HMS HUNTER She was completed on 30th September 1936 at a build cost of £253,167
HMS HOTSPUR Build was completed on 29th December 1936 at a cost of £253,037
HMS HOSTILE Build was completed on 10th September that year at a cost of £253,262
HMS HERO The build completed on 21st October 1936 at a tender price of £249,858
2811198/11 = 255,563 average.
Total= 23,922,514/63= 379722.
Scrapping 26 DD = @ 305898/10- £ ¾ million