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Acasta-class destroyer

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class, while the third was variously sited on the centreline between the two torpedo tubes or abaft both. All ships had three funnels, the foremost being tall and narrow, the second short and wide and the third level with the second but narrower. The foremost torpedo tube was sited between the second
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for more information.) When the class was designated as "K", names beginning with that letter were allocated to the ships but never used. The class saw extensive wartime service and seven were lost, including four at the
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novel construction seems to have been a success, no more destroyers were built for the Royal Navy using longitudinal framing until the
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There were twelve 'standard' vessels built to a common Admiralty design, and eight builders' specials that (except for
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was so badly damaged that she had to be practically rebuilt. After Jutland the remainder of the flotilla moved to the
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s introduced. Previous 4-inch (102 mm) weapons had been of the breech-loading (
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Sold 23 February 1920 back to Thornycroft for resale to Brazil; became Brazilian
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Disabled by gunfire and torpedoed and sunk at Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916.
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Names beginning with "K" were assigned in September 1913, but never used
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s were larger and heavier armed than the preceding H and I classes (
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with 22,500 shp (16,800 kW) (one of Thornycroft's ships,
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under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during
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267 ft 6 in (81.53 m) to 252 ft (76.8 m)
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British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War
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was completed with Thornycroft's standard machinery). One by
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9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) to 9 ft (2.7 m)
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by the end of 1916, before dispersing, some ships to the
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29 kn (53.7 km/h) - 32 kn (59.3 km/h)
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Torpedoed and sunk by German destroyer in action in the
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and third funnels, a distinctive feature of this class.
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Sunk by secondary gunfire from German dreadnought SMS
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cruising motors, but these were not ready in time and
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naming conventions for destroyers of the Royal Navy
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Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing, 2010. 1508:: Royal Navy WWI Destroyer Pendant Numbers" 287:QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark IV guns 2165: 2151: 1719: 1705: 1487: 1664:Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981 1420: 1418: 1078:Sold for breaking up 6 September 1921. 657:Sold for breaking up 6 September 1921. 3431: 1610: 1608: 1606: 1604: 1602: 1600: 1598: 1572: 1570: 1568: 1216:Sold for breaking up 20 January 1923. 1192:Sold for breaking up 25 October 1922. 891:at Battle of Jutland and torpedoed by 829:Sold for breaking up 5 November 1921. 805:Sold for breaking up 5 November 1921. 2146: 1700: 1566: 1564: 1562: 1560: 1558: 1556: 1554: 1552: 1550: 1548: 524:lost in the course of the battle and 320:(in September 1913 re-designated the 1415: 842:Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson 556: 3391:One or more completed after the war 1595: 1326:showing damage sustained at Jutland 451:, Dumbarton, which was built using 253:2 shaft Brown-Curtis steam turbines 13: 1545: 1496: 1036:on night of 31 May / 1 June 1916. 14: 3465: 1692: 1626:from the original on 6 March 2009 1108:Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921. 922:Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921. 711:Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921. 687:Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921. 633:Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921. 609:Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921. 2042: 1739: 1346: 1331: 1315: 1300: 1284: 1269: 1254: 1239: 1224: 777:by mine laid from German raider 389:and one at the stern, as in the 89: 76: 35: 1641: 981:Sunk by secondary gunfire from 210:24,500 hp (18,270 kW) 3449:Ship classes of the Royal Navy 1731:-class (or K-class) destroyers 1453: 1402: 1386: 1367: 492:as leader. 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The eighth 'special' was 16:Class of British destroyers 10: 3470: 2841:Destroyer flotilla leaders 1616:"British Destroyer losses" 1582:Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk 929:K-class Builders' specials 916:23 December 1912 817:Harland & Wolff, Govan 793:Harland & Wolff, Govan 469: 18: 3378: 3355: 3283: 3193: 3170: 3142: 3073: 3025: 2898: 2839: 2777: 2673: 2629: 2609: 2547: 2480: 2404: 2300: 2178: 2127: 2113: 2079: 2040: 1922:Builders' Special K class 1921: 1754: 1737: 670:Hawthorn Leslie & Co. 352: 159: 53: 34: 1578:"Destroyers before 1918" 1360: 1057:(hull sub-contracted to 551: 25:K-class destroyer (1938) 23:K-class Destroyers, see 3439:Acasta-class destroyers 2302:Dreadnought battleships 964:William Denny & Br. 377:4-inch guns, which the 160:General characteristics 2059:Alexandrino de Alencar 1493:Brown 2010, pp. 70–71. 1484:Friedman 2009, p. 127. 1450:Friedman 2009, p. 129. 538:6th Destroyer Flotilla 501:-class flotilla leader 484:4th Destroyer Flotilla 478:s were serving in the 228:Parsons steam turbines 169:Torpedo boat destroyer 544:and the remainder to 299:2 × single tubes for 3413:Single ship of class 1463:, pp. 125, 129, 130. 592:John Brown & Co. 453:longitudinal framing 294:QF 2-pounder pom-pom 1432:on 7 September 2006 1162:Alexandrino Deaenca 756:Harland & Wolff 743:18 September 1917. 496:the leader was the 2675:Protected cruisers 1676:Friedman, Norman, 1666:, 1983, Ian Allan 1461:British Destroyers 1410:British Destroyers 1392:H.M.S.O. 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Index

World War II
K-class destroyer (1938)

Battle of Jutland
Royal Navy
Brazilian Navy
Acheron class
L class
Torpedo boat destroyer
Parsons steam turbines
QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark IV guns
QF 2-pounder pom-pom
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedoes
class
destroyers
Royal Navy
World War I
naming conventions for destroyers of the Royal Navy
Battle of Jutland
Acorn
Acheron
QF
BL
forecastle
Thornycroft
Hardy
diesel
Parsons
Garland

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