HMS Starfish (1916)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Starfish
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn Tyne
Launched	27 September 1916
Fate	Sold, 21 April 1928
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	975 long tons (991 t)
Length	276 ft (84.1 m)
Draught	9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
Propulsion	3 boilers; 2 geared Brown Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp;
Speed	36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range	3,440 nmi (6,370 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	82
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX; 1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun; 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2);

HMS Starfish was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched on 27 September 1916 and sold to be broken up on 21 April 1928.^[1] She was built by Hawthorn Leslie of Hebburn Tyne.^[2]^[3]

^ "H.M.S. Starfish (1916)". Dreadnought Project. 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
^ "RN Destroyer Class: Admiralty R Class (1916-1917)". RNwarships.informe.com. 2007–2008. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
^ "Admiralty R-class destroyers (1915-1917)". Royal-Navy.org. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.

[1] "H.M.S. Starfish (1916)". Dreadnought Project. 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.

[2] "RN Destroyer Class: Admiralty R Class (1916-1917)". RNwarships.informe.com. 2007–2008. Retrieved 11 May 2013.

[3] "Admiralty R-class destroyers (1915-1917)". Royal-Navy.org. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.

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History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Starfish
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn Tyne
Launched	27 September 1916
Fate	Sold, 21 April 1928
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	975 long tons (991 t)
Length	276 ft (84.1 m)
Draught	9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
Propulsion	3 boilers 2 geared Brown Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp
Speed	36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range	3,440 nmi (6,370 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	82
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX 1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2)