HMS Larne (1910)

	Larne
History
United Kingdom
Name	Larne
Namesake	Larne
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston
Laid down	8 December 1909
Launched	23 August 1910
Completed	February 1911
Out of service	9 May 1921
Fate	Sold to be broken up
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Acorn-class destroyer
Displacement	730 long tons (740 t) normal
Length	246 ft (75 m) o.a.
Beam	25 ft 5 in (7.7 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.6 m)
Installed power	4 Yarrow boilers, 13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Propulsion	Parsons steam turbines, 3 shafts
Speed	27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	1,540 nmi (2,850 km; 1,770 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	72
Armament	2 × single BL 4 in (102 mm) guns; 2 × single QF 12 pdr 3 in (76 mm) guns; 2 × single 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Larne was one of 20 Acorn-class (later H-class) destroyers built for the Royal Navy. The destroyer served in the First World War. The Acorn class were smaller than the preceding Beagle class but oil-fired and better armed. Launched in 1910, Larne participated in exercises that took place the following year, sustaining damage during the activity, and then a naval demonstration for Members of Parliament in 1912. At the start of the war, the ship served with the Second Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet. The destroyer undertook anti-submarine patrols around the British Isles, from Devonport to the Outer Hebrides. Despite being involved in many actions, the ship did not sink any enemy submarines. Larne ended the war in Brindisi with the Mediterranean Fleet. After the Armistice, the destroyer was placed in reserve before being sold to be broken up in 1921.

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