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

Index
Leaders
Admiralty Large Design
Thornycroft Type
Admiralty "V" Leaders
Marksmen (later) Type
Marksmen Type
White Boats
Special Boat (Swift)
Destroyers
Admiralty "V" (Post War)
Yarrow "S"
Thorneycroft "S"
Admiralty "S"
Thorneycroft "V" (6 Tube)
Admiralty "V" (6 Tube)
Thorneycroft "V"
Admiralty "V"
Yarrow "Later M"
Thornycroft "R"
Admiralty Mod "R"
Admiralty "R"
Admiralty "M"
Thornycroft "M"
Hawthorn "M"
Yarrow "M"
Ex-Turkish
Ex-Greek
"L" Class
"K" Class
"I" Class
"H" Class
"G" Class
 
As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919

British Navy - Destroyers

13 " K " Class Destroyers


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"K CLASS" SPECIAL BOATS. Amidships 4 inch abaft funnel and before after tube. After S.L. or AA. gun platform before mainmast. Garland has cut-away stern.

Special Boats.

3 Thornycroft: Porpoise, 934 tons, Unity, Victor, 954 tons (1913). Designed H.P. 22,500 = 31 kts. All made about 30.3 on trials.

1 Thornycroft : Hardy (1912). 898 tons. H.P. 21;000 = 32 kts.

1 Parsons (hull sub-contracted to Cammell Laird) : Garland (1913). 984 tons. Dimensions as Admiralty boats. Designed H.P. 24,500 = 30 kts. Trials, 31 kts.

Notes to above: Dimensions (except Garland) : 265.25 x 26.5 x 9.25-10.25 feet. All Parsons turbines. 2 screws. Yarrow boilers. Oil: 250-260/200-220 tons. Hardy said to have Diesel engine for cruising speeds; she was so designed, but it is uncertain if this Diesel engine was ever installed or not.

War Losses. Paragon, Fortune.

Admiralty Design Boats.

3 Clydebank : Acasta, 996 tons, Achates, 982 tons (1912), Ambuscade, 935 tons (1913). Trials : Acasta 29 kts. Achates :32.3 kts. Ambuscade 30.4 kts. Acasta practically destroyed at Jutland and rebuilt. Brown-Curtis turbines in these boats.

2 Hawthorn Leslie: Christopher, 938 tons, Cockatrice, 951 tons (1912). Trials: Christopher 30.9 kts. Cockatrice 29.7 kts.

2 London and Glasgow: Midge, Owl, 936 tons. (1913) Trials: Midge 32.9 kts. Owl 32.7 kts.

1 Swan Hunter: Spitfire (1913). 935 tons. Trials: 30.3 kts.

Notes to above boats.-Dimensions: 267.5 x 27 x 10.5 feet. Designed H.P. 24,500 = 29 kts. All Parsons turbines, except Clydebank boats. 2 screws. Yarrow boilers. Oil: 260/200 tons.

War Losses.-Ardent, Contest, Sparrowhawk, Shark.

General Notes.-All 1911-12 Programme. Guns: 3-4 inch (1-4 inch on AA. mounting in some boats), 1-2 pdr. pom-pom in nearly all, 1 M.G. Tubes : 2-21 inch single. The single tube between 2nd and 3rd funnels is a distinctive feature of this cass. Complement, 75-77.

"K CLASS" ADMIRALTY BOATS. S.L. or AA. gun platform abaft 3rd funnel, amidships 4 inch between after tubes and mainmast. Forefunnel close to foremast.

Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 - p 112

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