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 and 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.

^ "HMS Lurcher". Clyde-built Ship Database. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b "HMS Oak". Clyde-built Ship Database. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
^ "Miscellenia" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 114. 12 July 1912. p. 39. The vessel is 255ft. long by 25ft. 7in. beam, and is propelled by Parsons turbines driving two shafts, steam being supplied by three Yarrow water-tube boilers fitted with the firm's latest feed-heating devices

[CS-1] "HMS Lurcher". Clyde-built Ship Database. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[CB-2] "HMS Oak". Clyde-built Ship Database. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2015.

[3] "Miscellenia" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 114. 12 July 1912. p. 39. The vessel is 255ft. long by 25ft. 7in. beam, and is propelled by Parsons turbines driving two shafts, steam being supplied by three Yarrow water-tube boilers fitted with the firm's latest feed-heating devices

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History
HMS Lurcher
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Lurcher
Builder	Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Yard number	1305^[1]
Launched	1 June 1912
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 9 June 1922
General characteristics
Class and type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	990 tons^[2]
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)^[2]
Propulsion	2 × Parsons turbines 3 × Yarrow oil-fired boilers 2 × shafts^[3]
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 (1912)

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