HMS Scourge at sea 1914
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Scorpion |
Builder | R. W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company[1] |
Launched | 11 February 1910[1] |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 9 May 1921[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Beagle-class destroyer |
Displacement | 860–940 long tons (874–955 t) |
Length | 275 ft (84 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
Installed power | 12,500 hp (9,300 kW) |
Propulsion | Coal-fired boilers, 2 or 3 shaft steam turbines |
Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Complement | 96 |
Armament |
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HMS Scourge was a Beagle-class destroyer, launched in 1910 and served in the Royal Navy. In 1913 she was transferred to the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[2] She was used during the Gallipoli campaign to help transfer regiments to the shore at Anzac Cove and Suvla Bay. Subsequently, she assisted in the rescue of survivors from the sinking of HMHS Britannic.