HMS Parker (1916)

History
United Kingdom
Ordered	February 1915
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	19 June 1915
Launched	17 August 1916
Commissioned	13 November 1916
Fate	Sold for scrap November 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Parker-class leader
Displacement	1,660–1,673 long tons (1,687–1,700 t)
Length	325 ft (99.1 m) oa 315 ft (96.0 m) pp
Beam	31 ft 9 in (9.7 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow boilers, Parsons turbines, 3 shafts 36,000 shaft horsepower (27,000 kW)
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	4,920 nautical miles (9,110 km; 5,660 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	116
Armament	4 × single QF 4-inch Mark IV guns 2 × 2-pounder "pom-pom" guns 2 × twin 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube sets 2 × depth charge chutes

HMS Parker (originally Frobisher) was a Parker-class flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy, and the lead ship of her class. She was built by Cammell Laird during the First World War, being launched on 16 August 1916 and completing on 13 December that year. Parker served with the Grand Fleet for the rest of the war, which she survived. The ship was sold for scrap in November 1921.