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Name: STEADFAST
Type: Destroyer
Keel: 09/1917
Launched: 08/08/1918
Completed: 03/1919
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 881
Dimensions: 1000disp - 1220disp, 265.0 x 26.7 x 9.8(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 27000shp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 36.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 3 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 2pdr QF, 1 x 8mm guns;
2 x 2 x 21ins torpedoes & 2 x 1 x 18ins torpedoes
History:
03/1919 British Royal Navy
28/07/1934 Broken up
Comments: A member of the S class also known as Modified Trenchant class
Allocated pennant number F99, changed to H37 after 1922
28/07/1934: Sold for breaking up by Metal Industries. Cost £3400
31/08/1934: Arrived at Charlestown for breaking up by Metal Industries
17/10/1934: Breaking up commenced


Photo is of SWORDSMAN, a typical S Class destroyer. Photo is copyright of Allan Green