HMS Nautilus (1910)
Grampus entering Valletta harbour, Malta in 1916 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Nautilus |
| Builder | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth |
| Commissioned | 30 March 1910, as Nautilus |
| Renamed | Grampus, 16 December 1913 |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up, September 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Beagle-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 860–940 long tons (874–955 t) |
| Length | 275 ft (84 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Installed power | 12,500 hp (9,300 kW) |
| Propulsion | Coal-fired boilers, 2 or 3 shaft steam turbines |
| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement | 96 |
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HMS Nautilus was a Beagle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was commissioned on 30 March 1910 from Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company. She was renamed HMS Grampus on 16 December 1913, her former name being reallocated to HMS Nautilus, the first Royal Navy submarine to be given one.