HMS Nautilus (1910)

	Grampus entering Valletta harbour, Malta in 1916
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Nautilus
Builder	Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth
Commissioned	30 March 1910, as Nautilus
Renamed	Grampus, 16 December 1913
Fate	Sold for breaking up, September 1920
General characteristics
Type	Beagle-class destroyer
Displacement	860–940 long tons (874–955 t)
Length	275 ft (84 m)
Beam	27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power	12,500 hp (9,300 kW)
Propulsion	Coal-fired boilers, 2 or 3 shaft steam turbines
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	96
Armament	1 × BL 4-inch (100 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V; 3 × QF 12 pdr 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I; 2 × single 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Nautilus was a Beagle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was commissioned on 30 March 1910 from Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company. She was renamed HMS Grampus on 16 December 1913, her former name being reallocated to HMS Nautilus, the first Royal Navy submarine to be given one.

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