| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Faulknor |
| Builder | J. Samuel White, East Cowes |
| Launched | 26 February 1914 |
| Commissioned | 1914 |
| Motto | Dulcit amor : Patria : 'Love of fatherland leads' |
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| Fate | Transferred to Chile, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Faulknor-class destroyer leader |
| Displacement | 1,700 tons |
| Length | 331 ft (100.9 m) |
| Beam | 32.6 ft (9.9 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion | 6 White-Forster type water-tube boilers, steam turbines, 3 shafts, 30,000 shp |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Complement | 197 |
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HMS Faulknor was a British destroyer of the First World War. She was purchased by the Royal Navy whilst still under construction in Britain for the Chilean Navy who had ordered her in 1912 as part of the Almirante Lynch class. She was renamed after the Faulknor family of British nineteenth century naval officers.
Faulknor was a large destroyer leader that served initially in the Grand Fleet, and took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. At the end of 1916, she transferred to the Dover Patrol, a force tasked with preventing German raiding craft gaining access to the English Channel. Faulknor carried out both defensive patrols and offensive operations against the coastline of German-held Belgium, taking part in both the First and Second Ostend Raid in the spring of 1918.
In 1920, following the end of the war, Faulknor and her surviving sisters were all returned to Chile, where she served as Almirante Riveros. She took part in the Chilean naval mutiny of 1931 and was stricken in 1933, being sunk as a target in 1939.