HMS Lurcher (1912)

	HMS Lurcher
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Lurcher
Builder	Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Yard number	1305
Launched	1 June 1912
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 9 June 1922
General characteristics
Class & type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	990 tons
Length	75 m (246 ft 1 in)
Beam	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Installed power	20,000 shp (15,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Parsons turbines; 3 × Yarrow oil-fired boilers; 2 × shafts;
Speed	35 knots (65 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 Lurcher was a modified Acheron-class destroyer, named after the lurcher-type dog, and the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name; when new she was the fastest ship in the Royal Navy.

History
HMS Lurcher
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Lurcher
Builder	Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Yard number	1305
Launched	1 June 1912
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 9 June 1922
General characteristics
Class & type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	990 tons
Length	75 m (246 ft 1 in)
Beam	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Installed power	20,000 shp (15,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Parsons turbines 3 × Yarrow oil-fired boilers 2 × shafts
Speed	35 knots (65 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