HMS Cockatrice (1912)

HMS Cockatrice
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cockatrice
BuilderHawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne
Laid down23 October 1911
Launched8 November 1912
CompletedMarch 1913
FateSold for scrap May 1921
General characteristics
Class and typeAcasta-class destroyer
Displacement935 tons
Length267 ft 6 in (81.5 m)
Beam27 ft 0 in (8.2 m)
Draught10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Propulsion
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement74
Armament

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.

  1. ^ "THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR". iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2016.