HMS Achates (1912)

HMS Achates was an Acasta (or K)-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built by the Scottish shipbuilder John Brown and was built between 1912 and 1913. Like all Acasta-class destroyers, Achates was armed with three 4-inch (102 mm) guns and two torpedo tubes, with a specified speed of 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph).

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Achates.

HMS Achates
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Achates
BuilderJohn Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down15 January 1912
Launched14 November 1912
CompletedMarch 1913
FateSold for scrap on 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and typeAcasta-class destroyer
Displacement935 tons
Length267 ft 6 in (81.5 m)
Beam27 ft 0 in (8.2 m)
Draught10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Propulsion
  • Yarrow-type water-tube boilers
  • Parsons steam turbines
Speed29 knots (54 km/h)
Complement74
Armament
  • 3 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk IV guns
  • 2 × torpedo tubes

Achates served throughout the First World War, serving with the Grand Fleet in the early years of the war, and taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Later in the war she served as a convoy escort. She was sold for scrapping in 1921.

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