HMS Afridi (1907)

Afridi
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Afridi
OrderedSeptember 1905
BuilderArmstrong Whitworth, Elswick
Laid down9 August 1906
Launched8 May 1907
Commissioned7 September 1909
FateSold for scrap, on 9 December 1919
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTribal-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 872 long tons (886 t) normal
  • 966 long tons (982 t) deep load
Length
  • 263 ft 6 in (80.31 m) oa
  • 250 ft (76.20 m) pp
Beam25 ft (7.62 m)
Draught7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Propulsion
Speed33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Armament

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.

  1. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 293.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference friedman p109-0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).