HMS Hoste (1916)

History
United Kingdom
Namesake	William Hoste
Ordered	July 1915
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Launched	16 August 1916
Commissioned	13 November 1916
Fate	Sank following collision 21 December 1916
General characteristics
Class and type	Parker-class leader
Displacement	1,660–1,673 long tons (1,687–1,700 t)
Length	325 ft (99.1 m) oa; 315 ft (96.0 m) pp;
Beam	31 ft 9 in (9.7 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow boilers,; Parsons turbines,; 3 shafts; 36,000 shaft horsepower (27,000 kW);
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	4,920 nautical miles (9,110 km; 5,660 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	116
Armament	4 × single QF 4-inch Mark IV guns; 2 × 2-pounder "pom-pom" guns; 2 × twin 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube sets; 2 × depth charge chutes;

HMS Hoste was a Parker-class flotilla leader of the Royal Navy. She was built by Cammell Laird during the First World War, completing on 13 November 1916, but was lost in a collision with the destroyer Negro on 21 December that year.

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