HMS Minstrel (1911)

The destroyer Sendan 栴檀（せんだん）(ex HMS Minstrel) at Marseilles in 1917
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Minstrel
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston
Launched	2 February 1911
Fate	Sold for breaking up 1 December 1921
Empire of Japan
Name	Sendan (栴檀)（せんだん)
Acquired	20 September 1917
Fate	17 January 1919 and returned to the Royal Navy
General characteristics
Class and type	Acorn-class destroyer
Displacement	772 tons
Length	246 ft (75.0 m)
Beam	25.2 ft (7.7 m)
Draught	8.5 ft (2.6 m)
Propulsion	4 Yarrow boilers, Parsons turbines, 13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement	72
Armament	2 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V 2 × QF 12 pdr 12 cwt Mark I mounting P Mark I 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Minstrel was an Acorn-class destroyer built by John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston, that was lent to the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 1917–1919. In the IJN she was named Sendan (栴檀)（せんだん).^[1]