HMS Acheron (1911)

	HMS Acheron passing Spitbank Fort
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Acheron
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston
Launched	27 June 1911
Fate	Sold 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	770 tons
Length	77 m (253 ft)
Beam	8 m (26 ft)
Draught	2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Installed power	15,500 shp (11,600 kW)
Propulsion	3 × Parsons steam turbines; 3 × Yarrow-type oil-fired boilers; 3 × shafts;
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h)
Range	5,500 nmi at 15 kt
Complement	72
Armament	2 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V; 2 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun, mounting P Mark I; 2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes;

HMS Acheron was the name ship of the Acheron-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is named after the River Acheron, believed in Greek Mythology to be a branch of the River Styx. She was the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.

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