&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_%27Linnet%27_RMG_PV2665.jpg) HMS Linnet by William Lionel Wyllie
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Linnet |
| Namesake | Linnet |
| Builder | Yarrow, Scotstoun |
| Yard number | 1333 |
| Laid down | 28 June 1912 |
| Launched | 16 August 1913 |
| Out of service | 4 November 1921 |
| Fate | Broken up by Rees of Llanelli |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Laforey-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 268 ft 8 in (81.9 m) o/a |
| Beam | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Installed power | 3 Yarrow boilers, 24,500 shp (18,300 kW) |
| Propulsion | Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 29 knots (33.4 mph; 53.7 km/h) |
| Range | 1,720 nmi (3,190 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 73 |
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HMS Linnet was a Laforey-class destroyer that served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. Launched on 16 August 1913 as HMS Havock, the ship was renamed on 30 September under an Admiralty order to become one of the first destroyers in a class named alphabetically. This convention subsequently became the norm. On commissioning, the vessel joined the Third Destroyer Flotilla and operated as part of the Harwich Force. The destroyer was first commanded by Commander Loftus Jones who named his daughter Linnette after the ship. During the War, the destroyer took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914, and escorted minelayers on missions to lay mines. It was during one the latter missions that the ship was nearly hit by a gun hurled from the stricken minelayer Amphion. With the cessation of hostilities, the ship was placed in reserve and sold to be broken up on 4 November 1921.