HMS Archer (1911)

Archer
History
United Kingdom
Name	Archer
Builder	Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun
Yard number	1296[1]
Laid down	1 September 1910
Launched	21 October 1911
Commissioned	March 1912
Fate	Sold for scrap, May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	775 long tons (787 t)
Length	246 ft 2 in (75 m)
Beam	25 ft 8 in (7.8 m)
Draught	8 ft 9 in (2.7 m)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers 16,000 shp (12,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 1 steam turbine
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	1,620 nmi (3,000 km; 1,860 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	70
Armament	2 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns 2 × single 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm) gun 2 × single 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Archer was one of 20 Acheron-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was one of the two Yarrow Specials with which the builder was given more freedom in an effort to increase speeds beyond the rest of the class. Completed in 1912 the ship served during the First World War and was sold in 1921.