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Name: NYMPHE
Type: Destroyer
Keel: 08/12/1909
Launched: 31/01/1911
Completed: 18/05/1911
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 436
Dimensions: 730disp - 780disp, 240.0 x 25.3 x 9.0(draft)ft
Engines: 3 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 13500shp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 3 x Screws, 28.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 2 x 1 x 4.0ins, 2 x 1 x 12pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x 21.0ins torpedoes
History:
18/05/1911 British Royal Navy
09/05/1921 Broken up
Comments: Member of the Acorn Class
09/05/1921: Sold for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd at Hayle


Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum