Garland 1914
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Shark (Kestrel) | H04 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 10.1911 | 30.7.1912 | 4.1913 | sunk 31.5.1916 | |
| Christopher (Kite) | H51, H25 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | 10.1911 | 29.8.1912 | 11.1912 | BU 5.1921 | |
| Acasta (King) | H59, H00 | John Brown, Clydebank | 11.1911 | 10.9.1912 | 11.1912 | BU 5.1921 | |
| Sparrowhawk (Kingsmill) | H61 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 11.1911 | 12.10.1912 | 5/1913 | sunk 1.6.1916 | |
| Cockatrise (Kingfisher) | H73, H26 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | 10.1911 | 8.11.1912 | 3/1913 | BU 5.1921 | |
| Achates (Knight) | H46, H01 | John Brown, Clydebank | 3.1912 | 14.11.1912 | 3/1913 | BU 5.1921 | |
| Spitfire (Keppel) | H41, H1A | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 12.1911 | 23.12.1912 | 6/1913 | BU 5.1921 | |
| Contest (Kittiwake) | H53, H28 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | 2.1912 | 7.1.1913 | 6/1913 | sunk 18.9.1917 | |
| Ambuscade (Keith) | H62, H05 | John Brown, Clydebank | 3.1912 | 25.1.1913 | 6/1913 | BU 9.1921 | |
| Lynx (Koodoo) | H71 | London & Glasgow Co, Glasgow | 1/1912 | 20.3.1913 | 12.1913 | sunk 9.8.1915 | |
| Midge (Keitloa) | H13, H40, H79 | London & Glasgow Co, Glasgow | 4/1912 | 22.5.1913 | 3.1914 | BU 11.1921 | |
| Owl (Killer) | H31, H93 | London & Glasgow Co, Glasgow | 4/1912 | 7.7.1913 | 4.1914 | BU 11.1921 | |
| Thornycroft specials | |||||||
| Hardy (Kelpie) | H57, H39 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 11.1911 | 10.10.1912 | 9/1913 | BU 5.1921 | |
| Paragon (Katrine) | H26 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 2/1912 | 21.2.1913 | 12.1913 | sunk 18.3.1917 | |
| Porpoise (Kennington) | H27, H95 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 2/1912 | 7.7.1913 | 1.1914 | to Brazil 3.1920 (Alexandrino Dealenca) | |
| Unity (Kinsale) | H68, H5A | Thornycroft, Woolston | 4/1912 | 18.9.1913 | 3/1914 | BU 10.1922 | |
| Victor (Kingston) | H36, H6A | Thornycroft, Woolston | 4/1912 | 28.11.1913 | 6/1914 | BU 1.1923 | |
| Denny special | |||||||
| Ardent (Kenric) | H78 | Denny, Dumbarton | 10.1912 | 8.9.1913 | 2/1914 | sunk 1.6.1916 | |
| Fairfield special | |||||||
| Fortune | H30 | Fairfield, Govan | 6/1912 | 17.3.1913 | 12.1913 | sunk 31.5.1916 | |
| Parsons special | |||||||
| Garland (Kenwulf) | H32, H36 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 12.1912 | 23.4.1913 | 12.1913 | BU 9.1921 | |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1072 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1300 |
|
Length, m |
81.5 |
|
Breadth, m |
8.20 |
|
Draught, m |
2.90 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Parsons steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers Garland: 2 sets Parsons semi-geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers Acasta, Achates, Ambuscade: 2 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
24500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
29 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 258 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
Shark, Christopher, Acasta, Sparrowhawk, Cockatrice, Achates, Spitfire, Contest, Ambuscade, Lynx, Hardy, Midge, Porpoise: 3 x 1 - 102/40 BL Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 533 TT (4) Owl, Unity, Victor, Ardent, Fortune, Paragon, Garland: 3 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 533 TT (4) |
|
Complement |
73 |
Project history: The 1911-12 Programme
destroyers were an expansion of the Acherons, but for the first time the
12pdr gun was dropped, being too light to inflict serious damage. A uniform
armament of 102mm was no more expensive in cost or weight. It had been hoped to
raise speed to 32kts but E-in-C felt that this might be beyond some builders. It
was also fell that many of the problems encountered in recent years had been
through asking for too high a speed on a small displacement, so the requirement
for 29kts was a reasonable compromise. The selection of names had been made
before the first boat, Shark, was launched in July 1912, but in 1913 it
was decided to switch to alphabetical class-names, with each boat in the class
having the same initial letter. It was proposed to rename all the older
destroyers, and the 'K' names were allotted to the Acastas, but in
accordance with long-held supersition against changing a ship's name after her
launch, they were never used, and the ships retained the original names.
Although the policy of building to a standard Admiralty
design was continued several novel features were tried in the 'K' class.
Fortune was given a clipper bow and had the second 102mm gun on a platform
between No 2 and No 3 funnels, a layout which would be continued in the 'L'
class. In Ardent Denny Bros were allowed to try out their system of
longitudinal framing, which gave much greater hull-strength while keeping weight
down. She had only two funnels. With Hardy an attempt was nude to install
the first high-speed diesel engine in a destroyer. An 1800bhp Sulzer diesel was
to be installed on a centre shaft, but when it became clear that it would not be
ready the ship was accepted without diesels. Garland was given
semi-geared turbines. Although speed and seakeeping were an improvement over the
Acorn and Acheron classes their wide turning circle was a
disappointment. This was cured by altering the rudder, cutting the diameter from
nearly 900m to 640m.
Modernizations: 1917-1918, Acasta, Midge, Spifire: 1 x 1 - 102/40 BL Mk VIII was converted to AA
1917-1918, Garland, Paragon, Unity, Victor: 1 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV was converted to AA
1917-1918, some survivors: + 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II
Naval service: Contest was torpedoed by German submarine in Western Approaches 18.9.1917, Paragon was torpedoed 18.3.1917 by German destroyer in Dover Straits and sunk. Ardent (1.6.1916), Fortune (31.5.1916) (both by gunfire of German battleship Westfalen) and Shark (31.5.1916 by German gunfire and torpedoes) were sunk at Jutland, Sparrowhawk 1.6.1916 at Jutland collided there with leader Broke and was sunk by torpedo from leader Manxman. Lynx was mined 9.8.1915 in Moray Firth, mine was laid by German minelayer Meteor.
Unity
Midge
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