HMS Cockatrice (1912)

HMS Cockatrice
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cockatrice
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne
Laid down	23 October 1911
Launched	8 November 1912
Completed	March 1913
Fate	Sold for scrap May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Acasta-class destroyer
Displacement	935 tons
Length	267 ft 6 in (81.5 m)
Beam	27 ft 0 in (8.2 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Propulsion	Yarrow-type water-tube boilers Parsons steam turbines
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement	74
Armament	3 × 4 in (102 mm) BL Mk VIII guns 2 × torpedo tubes

HMS Cockatrice was an Acasta-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy.^[1] She was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, launching in 1912 and served throughout the First World War. She was sold for scrap in 1921.