HMS Kangaroo (1900)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Kangaroo.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Kangaroo
BuilderPalmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Laid down29 December 1899
Launched8 September 1900
FateSold for scrap, 23 February 1920
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeB-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 390 long tons (400 t) normal,
  • 420 long tons (430 t) deep load
Length
  • 219 ft 9 in (66.98 m) oa,
  • 215 ft 0 in (65.53 m) pp
Beam20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range1,635 nmi (3,028 km; 1,882 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement63[3]
Armament

HMS Kangaroo was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy.[a] She served with the Dover Patrol in the First World War.

  1. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 251.
  2. ^ a b Lyon 2001, p. 78.
  3. ^ Manning 1961, p. 45.
  4. ^ Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 18.
  5. ^ Manning 1961, pp. 17–18.


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