| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Grasshopper |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan |
| Laid down | 17 April 1909 |
| Launched | 23 November 1909 |
| Commissioned | July 1910 |
| Fate | Sold for breaking, November 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Beagle-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 953 long tons (968 t) |
| Length | 269 ft (82 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 7 in (8.10 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Installed power | 12,500 hp (9,300 kW) under a forced draught |
| Propulsion | 5 x Yarrow Coal-fired boilers, 3 x Parson's steam turbines driving 3 shafts |
| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement | 96 |
| Armament | |
HMS Grasshopper was a Beagle-class (or G-class) destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The Beagles were coal-fuelled ships, designed for a speed of 27 kn (31 mph; 50 km/h), armed with a 4-inch (102 mm gun and two torpedo tubes. Grasshopper was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at their Govan yard, between 1909 and 1910, being launched on 23 November 1909 and completing in July 1910.
Grasshopper was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1913, and spent most of the First World War in the Mediterranean, taking part in the Gallipoli campaign, before returning to British waters in 1917. She was sold for scrap in November 1921.