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Huon

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate	Modification
Ferret	H35, H32, F93		White, Cowes	9.1910	12.4.1911	10.1911	sold 5.1921	Admiralty design
Forester	H39, H34		White, Cowes	9.1910	1.6.1911	1.1912	sold 11.121	Admiralty design
Sandfly	H87, H99, F95		Swan Hunter, Wallsend	8.1910	26.7.1911	12.1911	sold 5.1921	Admiralty design
Hind	H47, H40		John Brown, Clydebank	2.1911	28.7.1911	11.1911	sold 5.1921	Admiralty design
Lapwing	H56, H48		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	2.1911	29.7.1911	4.1912	BU 10.1921	Admiralty design
Defender	H28, H29		Denny, Dumbarton	11.1910	30.8.1911	1.1912	sold 11.1921	Admiralty design
Jackal	H55, H44		Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	10.1910	9.9.1911	1.1912	BU 9.1920	Admiralty design
Phoenix	H75, H94		Vickers, Barrow	1.1911	9.10.1911	5.1912	sunk 14.5.1918	Admiralty design
Lizard	H58, H60		Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	2.1911	10.10.1911	6.1912	sold 11.1921	Admiralty design
Goshawk	H45, H37		Beardmore, Dalmuir	1.1911	18.10.1911	5.1912	sold 11.1921	Admiralty design
Druid	H33, H30		Denny, Dumbarton	11.1910	4.12.1911	3.1912	sold 5.1921	Admiralty design
Hornet	H49, H42		John Brown, Clydebank	1.1911	20.12.1911	3.1912	sold 5.1921	Admiralty design
Tigress	H92, H4A		Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	2.1911	20.12.1911	3.1912	sold 5.1921	Admiralty design
Hydra	H50, H43		John Brown, Clydebank	2.1911	19.2.1912	4.1912	sold 5.1921	Admiralty design
Archer	H10, H29, H06		Yarrow, Scotstoun	9.1910	21.10.1911	3.1912	sold 5.1921	Yarrow specials
Attack	H14, H86, H08		Yarrow, Scotstoun	9.1910	12.12.1911	5.1912	sunk 30.12.1917	Yarrow specials
Acheron	H00, H02		Thornycroft, Woolston	9.1910	26.7.1911	10.1911	sold 5.1921	Thornycroft specials
Ariel	H11, H37, H07		Thornycroft, Woolston	10.1910	26.9.1911	3.1912	sunk 2.8.1918	Thornycroft specials
Badger	H15, H52, H09		Denny, Dumbarton	10.1910	11.7.1911	8.1912	sold 5.1921	Parsons specials
Beaver	H17, H66, H20		Denny, Dumbarton	10.1910	6.10.1911	11.1912	sold 5.1921	Parsons specials
Firedrake	H97, H33		Yarrow, Scotstoun	7.1911	9.4.1912	9.1912	BU 10.1921	Yarrow specials, Firedrake group
Lurcher	H01, H65		Yarrow, Scotstoun	7/1911	1.6.1912	10/1912	BU 6.1922	Yarrow specials, Firedrake group
Oak	H12, H38, H92		Yarrow, Scotstoun	7.1911	5.9.1912	11.1912	BU 5.1921	Yarrow specials, Firedrake group
Parramatta (RAN)			Fairfield, Govan	1909	9.2.1910	8.1910	BU 1929	Australian type
Yarra (RAN)			Denny, Dumbarton	1909	8.4.1910	9.1910	BU 1929	Australian type
Warrego (RAN)			Fairfield, Govan / Cockatoo DYd, Australia	7.1910	4.4.1911	6.1912	hulk 1929	Australian type
Huon (RAN) (ex-Derwent)			Cockatoo DYd, Australia	1.1913	19.12.1914	12.1915	sunk as target 9.4.1930	Australian type
Torrens (RAN)			Cockatoo DYd, Australia	1914	28.8.1915	7.1916	sunk as target 24.11.1930	Australian type
Swan (RAN)			Cockatoo DYd, Australia	1914	11.12.1915	8.1916	BU 9.1929	Australian type

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	778
Displacement full, t	990
Length, m	75.0
Breadth, m	7.80
Draught, m	2.70
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Parsons steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers Badger, Beaver: 3 sets Parsons semi-geared steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers Ferret, Forester: 3 Parsons steam turbines, 3 White-Forster boilers
Power, h. p.	13500 Archer, Attack: 16000 Acheron, Ariel: 15500 Firedrake, Lurcher, Oak: 20000
Max speed, kts	27 Archer, Attack: 28 Acheron, Ariel: 29 Firedrake, Lurcher, Oak: 32
Fuel, t	oil 178
Endurance, nm(kts)	2300(13)
Armament	2 x 1 - 102/40 BL Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 2 x 1 - 533 TT Australian type: 1 x 1 - 102/40 BL Mk VIII, 3 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 3 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	70

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Project history

The 20 destroyers in the 1910-11 Programme were to be repeats of the Acorns, but 6 'specials' were included to give the specialist firms a chance to improve performance. To try to match the latest German destroyers Yarrow's were given an order for 3 more, with a free hand to increase length and power. They were very similar to the standard boats but had more rake to the funnels and masts. The layout was identical to the Acorns but had two level-topped funnels. Although the fore funnel was set back from the bridge it was still too short to avoid smoking out the compass platform, and the standard boats had the fore funnel raised from September 1916. The RAN ordered 3 more Yarrow 'specials', but the design was modified by Sir John Biles. They were built by other yards to the modified design, and sections for a fourth was shipped out to Australia for assembly, and two more were built locally. They resembled the standard design but had two raked funnels. All the RN boats were redesignated the 'I' class in October 1913. The design was submitted for approval in May 1910

Modernizations

1917, Ariel, Ferret, Sandfly: were converted to minelayers: - 1 x 1 - 102/40, 1 x 1 - 533 TT; + rails for 40 mines

Naval service

Attack was torpedoed or mined 30.12.1917 by German submarine UC34 off Alexandria, Ariel was stricken by German mine in North sea 2.8.1918, Phoenix was torpedoed by Austro-Hungarian submarine U27 in Adriatic sea 14.5.1918.