HMS Hornet (1911)

HMS Hornet
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hornet
BuilderJohn Brown & Company of Clydebank
Yard number405
Laid down24 January 1911
Launched20 December 1911
FateSold 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class & typeAcheron-class destroyer
Displacement990 long tons (1,010 t)
Length246 ft (75 m)
Beam26 ft (7.9 m)
Draught8.9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Propulsion
Speed28 kn (32 mph; 52 km/h)
Complement72
Armament

HMS Hornet 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 seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Hornet, after the insect.