HMS Broke (D83)

HMS Broke was a Thornycroft type flotilla leader of the Royal Navy. She was the second of four ships of this class that were ordered from J I Thornycroft in April 1918, and was originally named Rooke after Rear Admiral Sir George Rooke of the Dutch Wars and the Battle of Vigo Bay.

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

HMS Broke
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Broke
NamesakePhilip Broke
OrderedApril 1918
BuilderJohn I. Thornycroft & Company
Yard number983
Laid downOctober 1918
Launched16 September 1920
Commissioned15 April 1925
RenamedFrom Rooke, April 1921
FateSunk, 8 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and typeThornycroft type destroyer leader
Displacement
  • 1,554 long tons (1,579 t) (standard)
  • 2,009 long tons (2,041 t) (full load)
Length
  • 329 ft (100 m) o/a
  • 318 ft 3 in (97.00 m) pp
Beam31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
Draught12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
Installed power40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Brown-Curtiss single reduction steam turbines
  • 4 × Yarrow boilers
  • 2 × shafts
Speed36.5 kn (42.0 mph; 67.6 km/h)
Capacity500 short tons (450 t) fuel oil
Complement164
Armament5 × BL 4.7 in (120 mm) Mark I dual purpose gun, 1 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun, 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 × 3)
Service record
Part of: 4th Destroyer Flotilla
Commanders: Henry Fancourt
Operations: Operation Terminal

The naturalist Peter Scott, among the ship's crew in 1940, conducted experiments in ship camouflage, having the two sides of Broke painted in different patterns.

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