Name: | URCHIN |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 09/1916 |
Launched: | 07/06/1917 |
Completed: | 19/08/1917 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 871 |
Dimensions: | 975disp - 1085disp, 265.0 x 26.5 x 11.0(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 guns, 2 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
19/08/1917 | British Royal Navy |
07/01/1930 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Admiralty Modified R Class of destroyers |
07/01/1930: Sold for breaking up by Metal Industries at Charlestown | |
Scrap price £6415 | |
20/01/1930: Departed Portsmouth in tow of tug NORMAN | |
25/01/1930: Arrived Charlestown for breaking up | |
05/02/1930: Breaking up commenced |
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Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship