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'''HMS ''Starfish''''' was an [[R class destroyer (1916)]] which served with the [[Royal Navy]]. She was launched on 27 September 1916 and sold to be broken up on 21 April 1928.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/H.M.S._Starfish_%281916%29 | title=H.M.S. Starfish (1916) | publisher=Dreadnought Project | year=2012 | accessdate=2013-05-11}}</ref> She was built by [[Hawthorn Leslie and Company|Hawthorn Leslie]] of Hebburn Tyne.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rnwarships.informe.com/forum/rn-destroyers-lists-and-classes-f74/rn-destroyer-class-admiralty-r-class-1916-1917-t307.html | title=RN Destroyer Class: Admiralty R Class (1916-1917) | publisher=RNwarships.informe.com | date=2007–2008 | accessdate=2013-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.royal-navy.org/HMS%20Strongbow,%20Admiralty%20R%20class%20destroyer | title=Admiralty R-class destroyers (1915-1917) | publisher=Royal-Navy.org | accessdate=2013-05-11}}</ref>
'''HMS ''Starfish''''' was an [[R-class destroyer (1916)|R-class destroyer]] which served with the [[Royal Navy]]. She was launched on 27 September 1916 and sold to be broken up on 21 April 1928.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/H.M.S._Starfish_%281916%29 | title=H.M.S. Starfish (1916) | publisher=Dreadnought Project | year=2012 | accessdate=2013-05-11}}</ref> She was built by [[Hawthorn Leslie and Company|Hawthorn Leslie]] of Hebburn Tyne.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rnwarships.informe.com/forum/rn-destroyers-lists-and-classes-f74/rn-destroyer-class-admiralty-r-class-1916-1917-t307.html | title=RN Destroyer Class: Admiralty R Class (1916-1917) | publisher=RNwarships.informe.com | date=2007–2008 | accessdate=2013-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.royal-navy.org/HMS%20Strongbow,%20Admiralty%20R%20class%20destroyer | title=Admiralty R-class destroyers (1915-1917) | publisher=Royal-Navy.org | accessdate=2013-05-11}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:02, 13 April 2014

History
NameHMS Starfish
BuilderHawthorn Leslie, Hebburn Tyne
Launched27 September 1916
FateSold, 21 April 1928
General characteristics
Class and typeR-class destroyer
Displacement975 long tons (991 t)
Length276 ft (84.1 m)
Draught9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
Propulsionlist error: <br /> list (help)
3 boilers
2 geared Brown Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp
Speed36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range3,440 nmi (6,370 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement82
Armamentlist error: <br /> list (help)
• 3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX

• 1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun

• 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2)

HMS Starfish was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched on 27 September 1916 and sold to be broken up on 21 April 1928.[1] She was built by Hawthorn Leslie of Hebburn Tyne.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "H.M.S. Starfish (1916)". Dreadnought Project. 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  2. ^ "RN Destroyer Class: Admiralty R Class (1916-1917)". RNwarships.informe.com. 2007–2008. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  3. ^ "Admiralty R-class destroyers (1915-1917)". Royal-Navy.org. Retrieved 2013-05-11.