Afridi
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Afridi |
Ordered | September 1905 |
Builder | Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick |
Laid down | 9 August 1906 |
Launched | 8 May 1907 |
Commissioned | 7 September 1909 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, on 9 December 1919 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Tribal-class destroyer |
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Length | |
Beam | 25 ft (7.62 m) |
Draught | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
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HMS Afridi was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1907 and sold for scrap in 1919. During the First World War she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla and as part of the Dover Patrol.
It is assumed - though never definitely confirmed - that explosive sweeps deployed by Afridi were responsible for the destruction of the German U-boat SM UB-13, which on 23 April 1916 departed Zeebrugge for a patrol off the mouth of the Thames and was never heard from again.