Acheron-class destroyer

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HMS Acheron
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The Acheron class (renamed the I class in October 1913) was a class of twenty-three destroyers of the British Royal Navy, all built under the 1910–11 Programme and completed between 1911 and 1912, which served during the First World War. There was considerable variation between the design and construction of ships within this class, which should be considered as more of a post-build grouping than a homogeneous class.[Note 1]

Design

Originally, 20 ships, including Acheron, were ordered but three more were completed by Yarrow & Company. The Acherons were generally repeats of the preceding Acorn- or H-class, although Acheron and five others were builders' specials. They differed from the Acorns in having only two funnels, both of which were short, the foremost being thicker than the after stack. The 12-pounder guns were mounted slightly further forward than in the Acorns.

Variation within the class

Fourteen of the class were completed to an Admiralty standard design, although those built by John Brown and Company at Clydebank (Hind, Hornet and Hydra) had Brown-Curtis type turbines and only two shafts. Archer and Attack used steam at higher pressures and Badger and Beaver were completed with geared steam turbines for evaluation purposes, achieving speeds of Template:Cvt in trials.[1]

Thornycroft specials

Acheron and Ariel were longer (Template:Cvt), had higher power (15,500 shp) and were faster, achieving Template:Cvt in trials.[1]

Yarrow specials (or "special I class")

Sir Alfred Yarrow maintained that it was possible to build strong, seaworthy destroyers with a speed of Template:Cvt, and eventually a contract for three such boats was placed with the firm. They were a little larger than the rest of the class and developed Template:Cvt, but carried the same armament. Like the John Brown-built boats Hind, Hydra and Hornet, they had only 2 shafts, with steam developed in 2 Yarrow-type water-tube boilers and delivered to 2 Parsons turbines.[2] Firedrake, Lurcher and Oak were distinctive in appearance and indeed much faster. They all exceeded their contract speed, Lurcher making over Template:Cvt.

Conversion to minelayers

Ferret, Sandfly and Ariel were converted into fast minelaying destroyers in 1917, serving with the 20th Flotilla. They were each capable of laying 40 mines.[3]

Evaluation

This class of torpedo boat destroyers (TBDs, or colloquially, "boats") handled well and were excellent sea boats; like similar classes of TBDs of the time, they had open bridges but were much drier at sea than was the norm.

Ships

Builders' I class

Name Ship Builder Launched Fate
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston 27 June 1911 Sold 9 May 1921[4]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun, Glasgow 21 October 1911 Sold 9 May 1921[4]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston 26 September 1911 Converted to fast minelayer in 1917. Mined while minelaying in North Sea 2 August 1918[5]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun, Glasgow 12 December 1911 Torpedoed or mined by German U-boat UC-34 off Alexandria 30 December 1917.[6]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". William Denny & Brothers,[7] Dumbarton 11 July 1911 Sold 9 May 1921[4]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". William Denny & Brothers,[7] Dumbarton 6 October 1911 Sold May 1921

Admiralty I class

Name Ship Builder Launched Fate
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton 30 August 1911 Sold 4 November 1921[4]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton 4 December 1911[7] Sold 9 May 1921[4]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". J. Samuel White & Company, Cowes 12 April 1911[7] Converted to fast minelayer in 1917. Sold May 1921[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". J. Samuel White & Company, Cowes 1 June 1911[7] Sold November 1921[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". William Beardmore & Company, Dalmuir 18 October 1911[7] Sold November 1921[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". John Brown & Company, Clydebank 28 July 1911[7] Sold 9 May 1921[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". John Brown & Company, Clydebank 20 December 1911[7] Sold 9 May 1921[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". John Brown & Company, Clydebank 19 February 1912[7] Sold 9 May 1921[4]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". R. W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn 9 September 1911[7] Sold September 1920[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Cammell Laird & Company, Birkenhead 29 July 1911[7] Sold October 1921[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Cammell Laird & Company, Birkenhead 10 October 1911[7] Sold 4 November 1921[8]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness 9 October 1911 Torpedoed by the Austro-Hungarian submarine Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in the Adriatic Sea on 14 May 1918[9]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend 26 July 1911[7] Converted to fast minelayer in 1917. Sold May 1921[7]
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". R. W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn 20 December 1911[7] Sold 9 May 1921[4]

Yarrow Specials (or "Special I class")

Name Ship Builder Launched Fate
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun, Glasgow 9 April 1912 Sold 10 October 1922
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun, Glasgow 1 June 1912 Sold 9 June 1922
Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun, Glasgow 5 September 1912 Sold May 1921[8][4]

Notes

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  1. ↑ No class of ships were called J class.

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References

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Bibliography

  • Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893–1981, Maurice Cocker, 1983, Ian Allan Template:ISBN
  • The British Destroyer by Captain T D Manning CBE VRD RNVR (Ret'd), (Putnam, 1961)
  • Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921, Conway Maritime Press, 1985, Robert Gardiner Template:ISBN

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