HMS Lucifer (1913)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Lucifer |
| Ordered | 29 March 1912 |
| Builder | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Wallsend, hull sub-contracted to Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn |
| Laid down | 26 September 1912 |
| Launched | 29 December 1913 |
| Commissioned | August 1914 |
| Fate | Sold December 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Laforey-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 965–1,300 long tons (980–1,321 t) |
| Length | 269 ft (82 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Installed power | 24,500 shp (18,300 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h) |
| Complement | 73 |
| Armament | |
HMS Lucifer was a Laforey-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The Laforey class (or L class) was a class of destroyers ordered under the Royal Navy's 1912–1913 construction programme, which were armed with three 4-inch (102 mm) guns and four torpedo tubes and were required to reach speeds of 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph). Lucifer was built by the engineering firm Parsons, with the hull subcontracted to Hawthorn Leslie. The ship was launched on 29 December 1913, and was completed in August 1914, just after the start of the First World War.
Lucifer joined the Harwich Force, and took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914 and the Battle of Dogger Bank on 24 January 1915. The destroyer transferred to the Dover Patrol in March 1917 and to the Firth of Forth for convoy duties in February 1918. Lucifer was sold for scrap in December 1921.