HMS Beaver (1911)

	HMS Beaver, probably pre-First World War, in black paint and without a pennant number
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Beaver
Builder	William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number	934
Laid down	6 October 1910
Launched	6 October 1911
Commissioned	November 1912
Fate	Sold 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	990 tons
Length	75 m (246 ft)
Beam	7.8 m (26 ft)
Draught	2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Installed power	13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Propulsion	3 × Parsons turbines; 3 × oil-fired Yarrow boilers; 3 × shafts;
Speed	27 kn (50 km/h)
Complement	70
Armament	2 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V; 2 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun, mounting P Mark I; 2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes;

HMS Beaver was an Acheron-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during the First World War and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the ninth Royal Navy ship to be named Beaver, after the mammal of the same name.

History
HMS Beaver, probably pre-First World War, in black paint and without a pennant number
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Beaver
Builder	William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number	934
Laid down	6 October 1910
Launched	6 October 1911
Commissioned	November 1912
Fate	Sold 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	990 tons
Length	75 m (246 ft)
Beam	7.8 m (26 ft)
Draught	2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Installed power	13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Propulsion	3 × Parsons turbines 3 × oil-fired Yarrow boilers 3 × shafts
Speed	27 kn (50 km/h)
Complement	70
Armament	2 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V 2 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun, mounting P Mark I 2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes