| As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 |
British Navy - Destroyers
34 Admiralty "R" |
| Page 108 |
|
THISBE. Photo by courtesy of Messrs. Hawthorn Leslie ( Builders).
3 Beardmore: Satyr, Sharpshooter, Parsons A.G. turbines, Tancred, Brown-Curtis A.G. turbines.
7 Clydebank: Restless, Rigorous, Romola, Rowena, Skate Tarpon,* Telemachus.*,
3 Denny: Rob Roy, Rocket, Redgauntlet.
1 Doxford: Redoubt.
1 Fairfield: Tempest.
6 Harland & Wolff (Govan): Salmon, Skilful, Springbok, Sylph, Tenacious, Tetrarch.
5 Hawthorn Leslie: Sarpedon, Stork, Starfish, Thisbe, Thruster.
3 Stephen: Sceptre, Sturgeon, Tormentor.
4 Swan Hunter: Radstock, Raider, Sorceress, Torrid.
1 White: Sable.
*Tarpon, Telemachus, Minelayers.
- Displacements vary from 1096 to 1036 tons (1065 average).
- Length, (p.p.) 265 feet (o.a. varies from 274 to 276 feet). Beam, 26.75 feet. Mean draught, 9 feet. Max. draughts, 11.5 to 12 feet.
- Guns: 3-4 inch, 1-2 pdr. pom-pom; (1 M.G., but not in all). Torpedo tubes: 4-21. inch in pairs.
- Machinery: Turbines: " all-geared " types. Clydebank, Denny, Fairfield, Harland & Wolff, Stephen, Swan Hunter and White boats, Brown-Curtis A.G. turbines; Doxford and Hawthorn Leslie boats, Parsons A.G. turbines: Beardmore boats as separately noted. Designed S.H.P. 27,000 - 36 kts. 2 screws in all. Boilers: 3 Yarrow or Modified Yarrow, except Sable by White, with White-Forster boilers. Oil fuel: 295-285,/250-243 tons.
- Complement, 82.
TELEMACHUS as Minelayer After-pair of tubes and 4 inch gun are dummies painted on screens on screens. Photo: Lt C. de Brock, R.N.
| |
Begun |
Launch |
Comp. |
Builder |
| Satyr |
15/4/16 |
27/12/16 |
2/2/17 |
Beardmore |
| Sharpshooter |
23/5/16 |
27/2/17 |
2/4/17 |
Beardmore |
| Tancred |
6/7/16 |
30/6/17 |
1/9/17 |
Beardmore |
| Restless |
22/9/15 |
12/8/16 |
10/16 |
Clydebank |
| Rigorous |
22/9/15 |
30/9/16 |
11/16 |
Clydebank |
| Romola |
25/8/15 |
14/5/16 |
8/16 |
Clydebank |
| Rowena |
25/8/15 |
1/7/16 |
9/16 |
Clydebank |
| Skate |
12/1/16 |
11/1/17 |
2/17 |
Clydebank |
| Tarpon |
12/4/16 |
10/3/17 |
4/17 |
Clydebank |
| Telemachus |
12/4/16 |
21/4/17 |
6/17 |
Clydebank |
| Rob Roy |
15/10/15 |
29/8/16 |
15/12/16 |
Denny |
| Rocket |
28/9/15 |
2/7/16 |
7/10/16 |
Denny |
| Redgaunlet |
30/9/15 |
23/11/16 |
7/2/17 |
Denny |
| Redoubt |
....... |
28/10/16 |
3/17 |
Doxford |
| Tempest |
...... |
26/1/17 |
20/3/17 |
Fairfield |
| Salmon |
27/8/15 |
7/10/16 |
20/12/16 |
H. & W. |
| Skilful |
20/1/16 |
3/2/17 |
26/3/17 |
H. & W. |
| Springbok |
27/1/16 |
9/3/17 |
30/4/17 |
H. & W. |
| Sylph |
30/8/16 |
15/11/16 |
10/2/17 |
H. & W. |
| Tenacious |
25/7/16 |
21/5/17 |
12/8/17 |
H. & W. |
| Tetrarch |
26/7/16 |
20/4/17 |
2/6/17 |
H. & W. |
| Sarpedon |
27/9/15 |
1/6/16 |
2/9/16 |
H.L. |
| Stork |
10/4/16 |
25/11/16 |
1/2/17 |
H.L. |
| Starfish |
26/1/16 |
27/9/16 |
16/12/16 |
H.L. |
| Thisbe |
13/6/16 |
8/3/17 |
6/6/17 |
H.L. |
| Thruster |
2/6/16 |
10/1/17 |
30/3/17 |
H.L. |
| Sceptre |
10/11/15 |
18/4/17 |
26/5/17 |
Stephen |
| Sturgeon |
10/11/15 |
11/1/17 |
26/2/17 |
Stephen |
| Tormentor |
1/5/16 |
22/5/17 |
22/8/17 |
Stephen |
| Radstock |
9/15 |
3/7/16 |
9/16 |
S. H. |
| Raider |
9/15 |
17/7/16 |
10/16 |
S. H. |
| Sorceress |
11/15 |
29/8/16 |
12/16 |
S. H. |
| Torrid |
7/16 |
10/2/17 |
5/17 |
S. H. |
| Sable |
20/12/15 |
18/6/16 |
30/11/16 |
White |
STARFISH. Note: Satyr. Skate, Sharpshooter. Starfish. Stork only, have mainmast as above illustration.
General Notes: All Emergency War Programme boats. General design is as the "Admiralty M's", but these boat, have geared turbines and 2 screws, and are rather faster than the " Admiralty M's."
To distinguish: Note that the after 4 inch is mounted in a bandstand.
War Losses: Simoon (Clydebank), Recruit (Doxford), Tornado (Stephen). Torrent (Swan Hunter). Setter (White)
Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919 - p 108
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