HMS Hydra (1912)

Hydra during World War I
History
United Kingdom
Name	Hydra
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	406[1]
Laid down	7 February 1911
Launched	19 February 1912
Commissioned	June 1912
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	778 long tons (790 t)
Length	246 ft (75 m)
Beam	25 ft 8 in (7.8 m)
Draught	8 ft 9 in (2.7 m)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers 13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 1 steam turbine
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	1,620 nmi (3,000 km; 1,860 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	70
Armament	2 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns 2 × single 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm) gun 2 × single 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Hydra was one of 20 Acheron-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. Completed in 1912, the ship participated in World War I and was sold for scrap in 1921.