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Name: STONEHENGE
Type: Destroyer
Keel: 03/1918
Launched: 19/03/1919
Completed: 09/1919
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 887
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 14ins torpedoes
History:
09/1919 British Royal Navy
06/11/1920 Wrecked
Comments: A member of the S class also known as Modified Trenchant class
Allocated pennant number G99
06/11/1920: Wrecked near Smyrna
26/03/1921: Wreck sold for scrap


Above photo of STONEHENGE is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

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