HMS Garry

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameGarry
Ordered1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates
BuilderYarrows, Poplar
Laid down25 November 1904
Launched21 March 1905
CommissionedSeptember 1905
Out of service1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate22 October 1920 sold to J.H. Lee for breaking
General characteristics
Class and typeYarrow Type River Class destroyer[1][2]
Displacement
  • 590 long tons (599 t) standard
  • 660 long tons (671 t) full load
  • 231 ft 4 in (70.51 m) o/a
  • 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) Beam
  • 7 ft 2.5 in (2.197 m) Draught
Propulsion
Speed25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range
  • 130 tons coal
  • 1,620 nmi (3,000 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement70 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Part of:
Operations: World War I 1914 - 1918
Victories:

HMS Garry was a Yarrow-type River-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built under the 1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Garry in north central Scotland, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.

  1. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905/6. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 75.
  2. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.