HM Ships from As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919

As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919

British Navy - Destroyers

13 " G " Class

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SCOURGE Lieut. Com. Holberton, R.N.

3 Clydebank: Beagle, Bulldog, Foxhound (1909). 950, 952, 995 tons. Parsons turbine. H.P, 12,500.

3 Fairfield: Grasshopper (1909), Mosquito (1910), Scorpion (1910). 923. 983, 987 tons. Parsons turbines. H.P. 12,000.

1 Hawthorn: Scourge (1910). 922 tons. Parsons turbine. H.P. 12,500.

1 Cammell Laird: Renard (1909). 918 tons. Parsons turbine. H.P. 12,500.

1 London & Glasgow: Rattlesnake (1910). 946 tons. Parsons turbine. H.P. 12,000.

1 Thames Ironworks: Grampus (ex Nautilus), (1910). 975 tons. Parsons turbine. H.P. 12,000.

1 Thornycroft: Savage (1910). 897 tons. Parsons turbine. H.P. 12,500.

2 White: Basilisk (1910), Harpy (1909). 972, 976 tons. Parsons turbine. White-Forster boilers. H.P. 12,600.

General Notes.-These boats belong to the 1909-18 [sic] Programme, and were formerly known as the Basilisk class, or "The Mediterranean Beagles."

Displace 897 to 995 tons.
Dimensions: average 274.125 x 28 x 10 feet.
Armament: 1-4 inch, 3-12 pdr.,* 1-3 pdr. A.A.,� 1 M.G., 2-22 inch tubes.
Average H.P. 12.500 = 27 kts. 3 screws. Boilers: Yarrow in all, except Basilisk and Harpy, with White-Forster. Coal: 200-241 tons.
Complements for all, 96.
All made 27 or a little over on trials, except Grampus 28.1, Basilisk 27.9, Harpy and Foxhound 27.7.
Are the only coal-burning Destroyers now in British Navy, and will probably be scrapped within the next two years.

War Losses.- Pincher, Racoon, Wolverine.

*Scorpion 2-12 pdr.

�3 pdr. A.A. not in Basilisk, Grasshopper, Savage, Scourge.