HMS Foxhound (1909)
HMS Foxhound was a Beagle-class (or G-class) destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The Beagles were coal-fuelled ships, designed for a speed of 27 kn (31 mph; 50 km/h), armed with a 4-inch (102 mm gun and two torpedo tubes. Foxhound was built by John Brown & Company at their Clydebank yard, between 1909 and 1910, being launched on 11 December 1909 and completing in August 1910.
HMS Foxhound moored to a buoy | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Foxhound |
| Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Laid down | 1 April 1909 |
| Launched | 11 December 1909 |
| Commissioned | September 1910 |
| Honours and awards | Dardanelles 1915–1916 |
| Fate | Sold for breaking, 1 November 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Beagle-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 953 long tons (968 t) |
| Length | 269 ft (82 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Installed power | 12,500 hp (9,300 kW) under a forced draught |
| Propulsion | 5 x Yarrow Coal-fired boilers, 3 x Parson's steam turbines driving 3 shafts |
| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement | 96 |
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