HMS Forester (1911)

	HMS Forester
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Forester
Builder	J. Samuel White & Company, Cowes
Launched	1 June 1911
Fate	Sold November 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	760 tons
Length	246 ft (75 m)
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Propulsion	Three Parsons Turbines; Three White-Forster boilers (oil fired); Three shafts;
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
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 Forester was an Acheron-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the ninth Royal Navy ship to be named after the traditional craft of forester.

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