&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMSSpitfireJutlanddamage.jpg) Spitfire after having been rammed by the German battleship Nassau during the Battle of Jutland
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Spitfire |
| Builder | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend |
| Launched | 23 December 1912 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping on 9 May 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Acasta-class destroyer |
| Length | 267 ft 6 in (81.53 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Propulsion | Yarrow-type water-tube boilers, Parsons steam turbines |
| Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
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HMS Spitfire was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Spitfire took part in the battle of Jutland in 1916.