HMS Attack (1911)
HMS Attack flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Beatty at the Battle of Dogger Bank | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Attack |
| Builder | Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun |
| Yard number | 1297 |
| Launched | 12 December 1911 |
| Commissioned | May 1912 |
| Fate | Torpedoed or mined, 30 December 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Acheron-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 770 long tons (780 t) |
| Length | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Installed power | 16,000 shp (12,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 31 kn (57 km/h) |
| Complement | 70 |
| Armament | 2 × BL 4 in (100 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, 2 × QF 12-pounder guns, 2 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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HMS Attack was an Acheron-class destroyer built in 1911, which served during the First World War and was sunk in 1917 in the Mediterranean by a German U-boat. She was the third ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.