Stour-class destroyer

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Class overview
NameStour class destroyer
BuildersCammell Laird, Birkenhead
Operators Royal Navy
Built1904–1905
In commission1909–1919
Completed2
Retired2
General characteristics [1]
Displacement550 long tons (560 t) standard
Length67.1 m (220 ft 2 in)
Beam7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
Draught2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion2 × Parsons steam turbines, 7,000 ihp (5,200 kW), 2 shafts
Speed25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
Complement70
Armament
  • 4 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I
  • 5 × single 6-pdr Hotchkiss 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
  • 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes

Two Stour class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. They were built by Cammell Laird in 1905 and purchased by the Admiralty in 1909 to replace losses. HMS Stour and HMS Test displaced 570 tons, were 220 feet long and their Normand boilers generated 7,000 HP to produce 26 knots. They were armed with four twelve pounders and two torpedo tubes. They carried 134 tons of coal and 66 tons of oil. They served in home waters during the Great War and were sold off in 1919.

References[]

  1. ^ "Technical Details of HMS Stour". navalhistory.flixco.info. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  • Manning, Captain T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.
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