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Name: COCKATRICE
Type: Destroyer
Keel: 26/10/1911
Launched: 08/11/1912
Completed: 13/03/1913
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 454
Dimensions: 934disp - 984disp, 260.0 x 27.0 x 9.0(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 24500shp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 29.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 3 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 2pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x 21.0ins torpedoes
History:
13/03/1913 British Royal Navy
09/05/1921 Broken up
Comments: Member of the Acasta Class
1913: Redesignated the K Class
09/05/1921: Sold for breaking up by TW Ward at Hayle


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