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

7 Yarrow "S"


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7 Yarrow : Tomahawk, Torch, Tumult, Tryphon,* Turquoise, Tuscan, Tyrian.

  • Displacement, 930 tons.
  • Dimensions: 260.25 (p.p.), 269.5 (o.a.) x 25.75 x 9 feet (mean) draught.
  • Guns: 3-4 inch (Mk. IV with 30� elevation), 1-2 pdr. pom-pom. Tubes: 4-21 inch in pairs.
  • Machinery : Brown-Curtis (direct drive) turbines. Designed S.H.P. 23,000 = 36 kts. Boilers : Yarrow. Oil : about 250/215 tons.
  • Complement, 90.

General Notes. Emergency War Programme boats. Otherwise as " General Notes" to Admiralty S boats.

To distinguish. From admiralty and Yarrow S : shorter fo'xle, sloping Yarrow stern. From other types : as Distinction Notes for Admiralty S boats. No War Losses.

    Began.     Launch.     Comp.      Trials.  
Tomahawk 4/17 16/5/18 7/18 35.15
Torch 4/17 16/3/18 5/18 39.19
Tryphon 4/17 22/6/18 9/18 35.37
Tumult 6/17 17/9/18 12/18 35.70
Turquoise 6/17 9/11/18 3/19 39.6
Tuscan 6/17 1/3/19 6/19 ........
Tyrian 6/17 5/19 1919 ........

Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 - p 102

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