Elphinstone 1922
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Elphinstone (ex-Ceanothus) | T19 | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 2/1917 | 2.6.1917 | 9/1917 // 5.1922 | wrecked 29.1.1925 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1290 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1493 |
|
Length, m |
80.0 |
|
Breadth, m |
10.7 |
|
Draught, m |
3.51 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
2500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
17.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 130 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000(15) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV or 2 x 1 - 102/44 BL Mk IX or 2 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk X, 2 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, 2 DCT, 2 DCR |
|
Complement |
119 |
Project history: Similar to the Aubrietia type, and like them, varied according to the builders' ideas; Armstrongs had at least three designs, Barclay Curle at least two. When merchant ships were defensively armed many ships of these types received a dummy gun on the poop to maintain the disguise. In addition to concealed guns they had anti-submarine weapons, including depth-charges dropped through traps under the poop, and bomb-throwers of various types mounted on deck, usually behind breastworks where they could not be seen easily. The first six were ordered on 6 January 1917 (four from Armstrongs and two from Barclay Curle), followed by Syringa and Spiraea on the 13th and the remainder (Arbutus etc) on 21 February 1917, and they came into service between June 1917 and June 1918.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Elphinstone wrecked 29.1.1925 at Nicobar Islands.
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