HMS Skate (1917)

Skate at Liverpool in 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Skate
Ordered	8 December 1915
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down	12 January 1916
Launched	11 January 1917
Commissioned	19 February 1917
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	900 long tons (910 t) standard 1,220 long tons (1,240 t) full
Length	265 ft (81 m) p/p 276 ft (84 m) o/a
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) full load
Propulsion	3 Yarrow-type water-tube boilers Brown-Curtis single reduction geared steam turbines, 27,000 shp
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h) 32.5 kn (37.4 mph; 60.2 km/h) full
Range	3,440 nmi (6,370 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) 1,860 nmi (3,440 km) at 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Complement	90
Armament	As designed : 3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark IV guns on single mounting P Mark IX 1 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II on mount HA Mk.II, later; 5 × 0.303 in machine guns 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2) As Escort : 1 × QF 4 in (102 mm) L/40 Mk.IV mount P Mk.IX 1 × QF 12 pdr L/40 Mk.V mount HA Mk.VIII 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns single mount P Mk.III 2 racks and 8 throwers for depth charges

HMS Skate was an R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that was laid down and completed during the First World War. She was built at John Brown Shipyard at Clydebank in Scotland and launched on 11 January 1917.^[1]