Marksman 1919
Abdiel 1916
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Kempenfelt | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 10/1914 | 1/5/1915 | 8/1915 | BU 5/1921 | |
| Lightfoot | White, Cowes | 6/1914 | 28/5/1915 | 5/1915 | BU 5/1921 | |
| Marksman | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | 7/1914 | 28/4/1915 | 11/1915 | BU 11/1921 | |
| Nimrod | Denny, Dumbarton | 10/1914 | 12/4/1915 | 8/1915 | BU 11/1926 | |
| Abdiel (ex-Ithuriel) | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 5/1915 | 12/10/1915 | 3/1916 | BU 7/1936 | |
| Gabriel (ex-Abdiel) | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 1/1915 | 23/12/1915 | 7/1916 | BU 5/1921 | |
| Ithuriel (ex-Gabriel) | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 1/1915 | 8/3/1916 | 8/1916 | BU 11/1921 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1440 |
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Displacement full, t |
1700 |
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Length, m |
99.0 |
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Breadth, m |
9.70 |
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Draught, m |
3.70 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
Kempenfelt, Abdiel, Gabriel, Ithuriel: Parsons steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers Lightfoot: Parsons steam turbines, 4 White-Forster boilers Marksman, Nimrod: Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
36000 |
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Max speed, kn |
34.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 515 |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 40/39 pompom , 2 x 2 - 533 TT (4) |
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Complement |
104 |
Ship project history: First serial leaders of Royal Navy.
Modernizations: 9/1915, Abdiel: - 2 x 1 - 102/40, 2 x 2 - 533 TT; + rails for 80 mines
1917, Lightfoot, Nimrod: + 2 x 1 - 450 TT
mid-1918, Gabriel: - 2 x 1 - 102/40, 2 x 2 - 533 TT; + rails for 60 mines
Naval service: No significant events.
Abdiel
Lightfoot
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