| As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919 |
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| Marksman Type Leader |
1 Cammell Laird: Abdiel. 1687 tons.
- Parsons turbines.
- Armament 3-4 inch, 2-2 pdr. Tubes: None.
- This boat is a Minelayer carrying about 60-70 mines behind screens from fourth funnel to stern.
- Complement, 110.
- Dimensions, H.P., speed, etc., as Gabriel, &c., below.
LIGHTFOOT.
3 Cammell Laird: Gabriel, Ithuriel, 1655 tons, Kempenfelt, 1607 tons.
1 White: Lightfoot, 1607 tons.
1 Hawthorn Leslie: Marksman, 1604 tons.
1 Denny: Nimrod, 1608 tons.
- Dimensions: 325 x 31.75 x 11.75 feet.
- Armament: 4-4 inch (DIR. CON.), 2-2 pdr. A.A.* 4-21 inch tubes in pairs.
- Machinery: Turbines; Brown-Curtis in Marksman and Nimrod, Parsons in rest. All 3 screws. Boilers: White-Forster in Lightfoot, Yarrow in others. Designed H.P. 36,000 = 34 kts. Fuel: 510/413 tons oil. Complements, 106-116.
*Nimrod 1-3 inch A.A., 1-2 pdr. pom-pom, Kempenfelt 1-3 inch A.A. 2-2 pdr. pom-pom
Notes.-Abdiel, Gabriel, and Ithuriel, Emergency War Programme. Nimrod and Kempenfelt. 1914-15 Programme.
Marksman and Lightfoot, 1913-14 Programme.
| |
Begun. |
Launch. |
Comp. |
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Begun. |
Launch. |
Comp. |
| Abdiel |
6 May 1915 |
12 Oct 1915 |
26 Mar 1916 |
Lightfoot |
9 Jun 1914 |
28 May 1915 |
29 May 1915 but perhaps
29 Sep 1915 is more accurate? |
| Gabriel |
12 Jan 1915 |
23 Dec 1915 |
1 Jul 1916 |
Marksman |
20 Jul 1914 |
28 Apr 1915 |
18 Nov 1915 |
| Ithuriel |
14 Jan 1915 |
8 Mar 1916 |
2 Aug 1916 |
Nimrod |
9 Oct 1914 |
12 Apr 1915 |
25 Aug 1915 |
| Kempenfelt |
2 Oct 1914 |
1 May 1915 |
20 Aug 1915 |
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Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919 - p 102
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