Faulknor-class flotilla leader

	HMS Broke
Class overview
Operators	Royal Navy; Chilean Navy;
Preceded by	Medea class
Succeeded by	Marksman class
Completed	4
Lost	1
General characteristics
Type	Faulknor-class destroyer leader
Displacement	1,700 tons
Length	331 ft (101 m) o/a
Beam	32 ft 6 in (9.91 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion	6× White-Forster boilers, steam turbines, 3 shafts, 30,000 shp
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	403 tons coal, 83 tons oil
Complement	197 - 205
Armament	As built:; 6 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk VI guns, single mounting P Mk. XI; 2 × twin tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes (4 × single in Botha); As re-armed:; 2 × BL 4.7-inch (120-mm) L/45 Mark I, single mounting CP Mk. VI; 2 × QF 2-pounder pom-pom Mk. II, single mounting HA Mk. II; 2 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 QF Mark IV guns, single mounting P Mk. IX; 2 × twin tubes for 21-in torpedoes;

The Faulknor class were a class of flotilla leaders that were under construction in the United Kingdom for the Chilean Navy at the outbreak of World War I. Six ships were ordered by Chile, of which the first two (Almirante Lynch and Almirante Condell) were delivered to Chile before the outbreak of the war. The remaining four ships were purchased by the British, taken over and completed for the Royal Navy for wartime service. In common with Royal Navy convention, they were named after famous Royal Navy captains of the past, in this case the members of the Faulknor family.

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