HMS Firedrake (1912)

	HMS Firedrake during World War I
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Firedrake
Builder	Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Yard number	1304
Laid down	1 July 1911
Launched	9 April 1912
Commissioned	September 1912
Honours &; awards	Heligoland 1914
Fate	Sold for scrap on 10 October 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	773 long tons (785 t) normal; 866 long tons (880 t) deep load;
Length	255 ft 0 in (77.72 m) pp; 261 ft 7 in (79.73 m) oa;
Beam	27 ft 7+3⁄4 in (8.43 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power	20,000 shp (15,000 kW) (design)
Propulsion	2 × Parsons turbines; 3 × Yarrow oil-fired boilers; 2 × shafts;
Speed	32 kn (37 mph; 59 km/h) (contract); 33.17 kn (38.17 mph; 61.43 km/h) trials;
Complement	72
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 Firedrake was a modified Acheron-class destroyer, named after the fire-breathing dragon of Anglo-Saxon mythology, and the sixth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.

History
HMS Firedrake during World War I
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Firedrake
Builder	Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Yard number	1304
Laid down	1 July 1911
Launched	9 April 1912
Commissioned	September 1912
Honours & awards	Heligoland 1914
Fate	Sold for scrap on 10 October 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	773 long tons (785 t) normal 866 long tons (880 t) deep load
Length	255 ft 0 in (77.72 m) pp 261 ft 7 in (79.73 m) oa
Beam	27 ft 7+3⁄4 in (8.43 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power	20,000 shp (15,000 kW) (design)
Propulsion	2 × Parsons turbines 3 × Yarrow oil-fired boilers 2 × shafts
Speed	32 kn (37 mph; 59 km/h) (contract) 33.17 kn (38.17 mph; 61.43 km/h) trials
Complement	72
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