Acheron-class

Acheron-class

Acheron-class may refer to:

* Amphion, 'A', or Acheron-class of diesel-electric submarines of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1943, for service in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II.
* Acheron class destroyers of the Royal Navy, a class of twenty destroyers of the Royal Navy, all built under the 1910-11 Programme and completed between 1911 and 1912, which served during World War I.


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