HMS Spitfire (1912)

	Spitfire after having been rammed by the German battleship Nassau during the Battle of Jutland
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Spitfire
Builder	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend
Launched	23 December 1912
Fate	Sold for scrapping on 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Acasta-class destroyer
Length	267 ft 6 in (81.53 m)
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion	Yarrow-type water-tube boilers, Parsons steam turbines
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX; 1 × QF 2-pdr pom-pom Mk. II; 2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes;

HMS Spitfire was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Spitfire took part in the battle of Jutland in 1916.

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