| Name: | GHURKA |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 06/02/1906 |
| Launched: | 29/04/1907 |
| Completed: | 19/12/1908 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 408 |
| Dimensions: | 880 - 1010disp, 255.0 x 25.5 x 8.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 12500shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 3 x Screws, 33.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 5 x 1 x 12pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 19/12/1908 | British Royal Navy |
| 08/02/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | Note the incorrect spelling of the name. Should have been GURKA |
| A member of the Tribal Class of Destroyers | |
| 08/02/1917: Mined & sunk off Dungeness | |
| Only 5 of the crew survived |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Archive & Museums
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
The Times, Wednesday, 31/03/1909