HMS Garry

History
United Kingdom
Name	Garry
Ordered	1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates
Builder	Yarrows, Poplar
Laid down	25 November 1904
Launched	21 March 1905
Commissioned	September 1905
Out of service	1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate	22 October 1920 sold to J.H. Lee for breaking
General characteristics
Class and type	Yarrow Type River Class destroyer
Displacement	590 long tons (599 t) standard; 660 long tons (671 t) full load; 231 ft 4 in (70.51 m) o/a; 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) Beam; 7 ft 2.5 in (2.197 m) Draught;
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow type water tube boiler; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 7,000 shp (5,200 kW) (average);
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range	130 tons coal; 1,620 nmi (3,000 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	70 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I; 3 × QF 12-pounder 8 cwt, mounting G Mark I (Added in 1906); 5 × QF 6-pdr naval gun (removed in 1906); 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Part of:	East Coast Destroyer Flotilla - 1904; 3rd Destroyer Flotilla - April 1909; 5th Destroyer Flotilla - 1912; Assigned E Class - Aug 1912 - Oct 1913; 9th Destroyer Flotilla - 1914; 7th Destroyer Flotilla - August 1915;
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918
Victories:	U-18 23 November 1914; UB-110 19 July 1918;

HMS Garry was a Yarrow-type River-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built under the 1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Garry in north central Scotland, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.

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