| As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919 |
| |
| 3 + (2?) Thornycroft Type Flotilla Leaders |
[This picture of HMS DOUGLAS appears on the same page under Admiralty Large Design Flotilla Leaders]
As Douglas above, but Thornycroft funnels.
5 or 3 Thornycroft: Keppel, Rooke (both building 1919 but may be stopped), Shakespeare, Spencer, Wallace. 1740 tons.
- Dimensions: 318.25 (p.p.), 329 (o.a.) x 31.75 x 10.5 feet (mean) draught.
- Guns: 5-4.7 inch (DIR. CON.),* 1-3 inch A.A., 1-2 pdr. pom-pom. Tubes: 6-21 inch in 2 triple deck mountings.
Machinery: Brown-Curtis all-geared turbines. Designed S.H.P. 40,000 = 36 kts. 2 screws. Boilers: Yarrow. Oil about 550/400 tons.
General Notes: Built under War Emergency Programme. Appearance almost exactly same as Bruce, Campbell, &c -, but these boats have the usual big, flat-sided Thornycroft funnels with caged caps. Complement, 164. No War Losses. Cancelled 1918: Saunders, Spragge (Keppel and Rooke may have been stopped in Sept., 1919).
*Unofficial and unverified reports credit Keppel and Rooke with 4-5.5 inch (DIR.CON.), 1-3 inch A.A. or 2-2 pdr. A.A.
| |
Begun |
Launch. |
Comp. |
Trials |
| Keppel |
10/18 |
........ |
........ |
........ |
| Rooke |
11/18 |
........ |
........ |
........ |
| Shakespeare |
10/16 |
7/7/17 |
10/17 |
38.74 |
| Spencer |
10/16 |
22/9/17 |
12/17 |
37.76 |
| Wallace |
8/17 |
26,/10/18 |
2/19 |
37.72 |
Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919 - p 98
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