This is a very cool project ... and looking forward to your updates on the merchants.
The links in the post above that are for specific ship classes show greater detail as well ... this is the data for the C & D class destroyers. (How accurate it is I am not sure. Seems this specific data is based off a single ship in the class)
General characteristics (as per Lenton
[1]) Type: destroyer Displacement: 1,375
tons (1,397
tonnes) standard
1,942 tons (1,974 tonnes) deep Length: 329 feet (100 m)
o/a Beam: 33 feet (10.1 m) Draught: 12.5 feet (3.8 m) Propulsion: 3 x Admiralty 3-drum
water tube boilers (except
Kempenfelt, Yarrow boilers),
Parsons geared
steam turbines, 36,000 shp on 2 shafts Speed: 35.5
kt Range: 5,500
nmi at 15 knots Complement: 145 (175 in flotilla leader) Armament: