HMS Onslow (1916)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Onslow
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Launched	15 February 1916
Completed	By 15 April 1916
Fate	Sold for scrapping on 26 October 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement	971 long tons (987 t)
Length	273 ft 4 in (83.31 m) o/a
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
Draught	9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Installed power	25,000 shp (19,000 kW); 4 × Yarrow boilers;
Propulsion	3 Shafts; 3 steam turbines
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	76
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns; 2 × QF 1.5-pounder (37 mm) or QF 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns; 2 × twin 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Onslow was an Admiralty M-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. She took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and was sold for scrap in 1921.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Onslow
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Launched	15 February 1916
Completed	By 15 April 1916
Fate	Sold for scrapping on 26 October 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement	971 long tons (987 t)
Length	273 ft 4 in (83.31 m) o/a
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
Draught	9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Installed power	25,000 shp (19,000 kW) 4 × Yarrow boilers
Propulsion	3 Shafts; 3 steam turbines
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	76
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns 2 × QF 1.5-pounder (37 mm) or QF 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns 2 × twin 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes