HMS Hydra (1912)
Hydra during World War I | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Hydra |
| Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 406 |
| Laid down | 7 February 1911 |
| Launched | 19 February 1912 |
| Commissioned | June 1912 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 9 May 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Acheron-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 778 long tons (790 t) |
| Length | 246 ft (75 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft 8 in (7.8 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 9 in (2.7 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 1 steam turbine |
| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range | 1,620 nmi (3,000 km; 1,860 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 70 |
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HMS Hydra was one of 20 Acheron-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. Completed in 1912, the ship participated in World War I and was sold for scrap in 1921.