HIND HMS 1911
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 7:47 pm
She (and her sisters HMS Hornet and HMS Hydra) differed from the standard Admiralty I-class destroyer in only having two shafts instead of three. They had two Brown-Curtis type turbines, and twin boilers.
Pre-War
HMS HIND served with the First Destroyer Flotilla from 1911 and, with her flotilla, joined the British Grand Fleet in 1914 on the outbreak of World War I.
The Battle of Heligoland Bight
She was present with First Destroyer Flotilla on 28 August 1914 at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, led by the light cruiser HMS Fearless, and shared in the prize money for the battle.
Transfer to Third Battle Squadron
The First Destroyer Flotilla was transferred to the Third Battle Squadron in the Spring of 1916 to act as an anti-submarine screen for the battlecruisers. HMS HIND was not present with her flotilla at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916.
Mediterranean Service
In 1917 the Third Battle Squadron was sent to the Mediterranean, where they took part in the 1918 Naval campaign in the Adriatic, including enforcing the Otranto Barrage. HMS HIND was present at the entry of the Allied Fleet through the Dardanelles on 12 November 1918
In common with most of her class, HMS HIND was laid up after World War I, and on 9 May 1921 she was sold to Ward for breaking.
Builder: John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Scotland
Yard number: 404
Laid down: 13 February 1911
Launched: 28 July 1911
Fate: Sold 9 May 1921 to Ward and broken up 1924 at Preston, Lancashire,.
General characteristics
Class and type: Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement: 990 tons
Length: 75 m (246 ft)
Beam: 7.8 m (26 ft)
Draught: 2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Installed power: 13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Propulsion: Two Brown-Curtis Turbines
Two Yarrow boilers (oil fired)
Two shafts
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h)
Complement: 72
Armament: 2 x BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V
2 x QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun, mounting P Mark I
2 x single tubes for 21 in torpedoes
Delandre label
Source: Wikipedia
Peter Crichton
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Pre-War
HMS HIND served with the First Destroyer Flotilla from 1911 and, with her flotilla, joined the British Grand Fleet in 1914 on the outbreak of World War I.
The Battle of Heligoland Bight
She was present with First Destroyer Flotilla on 28 August 1914 at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, led by the light cruiser HMS Fearless, and shared in the prize money for the battle.
Transfer to Third Battle Squadron
The First Destroyer Flotilla was transferred to the Third Battle Squadron in the Spring of 1916 to act as an anti-submarine screen for the battlecruisers. HMS HIND was not present with her flotilla at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916.
Mediterranean Service
In 1917 the Third Battle Squadron was sent to the Mediterranean, where they took part in the 1918 Naval campaign in the Adriatic, including enforcing the Otranto Barrage. HMS HIND was present at the entry of the Allied Fleet through the Dardanelles on 12 November 1918
In common with most of her class, HMS HIND was laid up after World War I, and on 9 May 1921 she was sold to Ward for breaking.
Builder: John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Scotland
Yard number: 404
Laid down: 13 February 1911
Launched: 28 July 1911
Fate: Sold 9 May 1921 to Ward and broken up 1924 at Preston, Lancashire,.
General characteristics
Class and type: Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement: 990 tons
Length: 75 m (246 ft)
Beam: 7.8 m (26 ft)
Draught: 2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Installed power: 13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Propulsion: Two Brown-Curtis Turbines
Two Yarrow boilers (oil fired)
Two shafts
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h)
Complement: 72
Armament: 2 x BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V
2 x QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun, mounting P Mark I
2 x single tubes for 21 in torpedoes
Delandre label
Source: Wikipedia
Peter Crichton
__._,_.___