| Name: | THANET |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 13/12/1917 |
| Launched: | 05/11/1918 |
| Completed: | 30/08/1919 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 511 |
| Dimensions: | 1000disp - 1220disp, 265.0 x 26.7 x 9.8(draft) ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Brown-Curtis type, SR geared, 27000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 2pdr guns, 2 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 30/08/1919 | British Royal Navy |
| 27/01/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 27/01/1942: Sunk by gunfire from Japanese warships off Endau, north of Singapore |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Profile & Decks plans courtesy of Dr Dan Saranga. Click HERE to enlarge
