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====H class==== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Construction data |- ! scope="col"|Ship ! scope="col"|Builder<ref name=e02>English, p. 102</ref> ! scope="col"|Laid down<ref name=l61>Lenton, p. 161</ref> ! scope="col"|Launched<ref name=e02/> ! scope="col"|Completed<ref name=l61/> ! scope="col"|Fate |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Hardy|H87|2}}<br/>(Flotilla leader) |[[Cammell Laird & Company]], [[Birkenhead]] |30 May 1935 |7 April 1936 |11 December 1936 | Sunk by German destroyers, 10 April 1940<ref name=w7/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Hasty|1936|2}} |rowspan=2|[[William Denny & Brothers]], [[Dumbarton]] |15 April 1935 |5 May 1936 |11 November 1936 |Sunk by German [[E-boat]], 15 June 1942<ref>English, p. 105</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Havock|1936|2}} |15 May 1935 |7 July 1936 |16 January 1937 |Ran aground and wrecked, 6 April 1942<ref>English, p. 106</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Hereward|1936|2}} |rowspan=2|Vickers Armstrongs, [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Walker]] | rowspan="2" |28 February 1935 | rowspan="2" |10 March 1936 |9 December 1936 | Sunk by German aircraft, 28 May 1941<ref>English, p. 107</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Hero|H99|2}} |21 October 1936 |Transferred to the RCN, 15 November 1943, and sold for scrap, 1946<ref>English, p. 109</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Hostile|H55|2}} |rowspan=2|[[Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company]], [[Greenock]] | rowspan="2" |27 February 1935 |24 January 1936 |10 September 1936 |Crippled by a mine and scuttled, 23 August 1940<ref>English, p. 110</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Hotspur|H01|2}} |23 March 1936 |29 December 1936 |Sold to the [[Dominican Navy]], 23 November 1948, and scrapped 1972<ref name=ss2/> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Hunter|H35|2}} |rowspan=2|[[Swan Hunter]], [[Wallsend]] | rowspan="2" |27 March 1935 |25 February 1936 |30 September 1936 |Sunk by German destroyers, 10 April 1940<ref name=e13>English, p. 113</ref> |- !scope="row"|{{HMS|Hyperion|H97|2}} |8 April 1936 |3 December 1936 | Crippled by a mine and scuttled, 22 December 1940<ref name=e13/> |} [[File:HMS Hesperus WWII IWM A 7101.jpg|thumb|''Hesperus'' wearing [[dazzle camouflage]] showing the angular bridge front that was fitted to ''Hero'', ''Hereward'', and the ex-Brazilian ships]]
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