Beagle-class destroyer

HMS Scourge at sea, 1914
Class overview
Name	Beagle class (or G class)
Builders	John Brown & Company J. Samuel White & Company Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company William Denny & Brothers Cammell Laird & Company Harland & Wolff R. W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company John I. Thornycroft & Company
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Tribal class
Succeeded by	Acorn class
Built	1909 – 1910
In commission	1910 – 1921
Completed	16
Lost	3
Scrapped	13
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	860–940 long tons (874–955 t)
Length	275 ft (83.8 m)
Beam	27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power	12,500 hp (9,300 kW)
Propulsion	Coal-fired boilers, 2 or 3 shaft steam turbines
Speed	27 knots (50.0 km/h; 31.1 mph)
Complement	96
Armament	1 × BL 4-inch (102 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V 3 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I 2 × single 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

The Beagle class (officially redesignated as the G class in 1913) was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy, all ordered under the 1908-1909 programme and launched in 1909 and 1910. The Beagles served during World War I, particularly during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915.