| HMS Lydiard (1914) | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS Lydiard |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Launched: | 26 February 1914 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, November 1921 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Laforey class torpedo boat destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,003 long tons (1,019 t) |
| Length: | 269 ft (82 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Propulsion: |
4 Yarrow Water-tube boilers 4 Brown-Curtis steam turbines[2] 24,500 shp (18.3 MW) 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Complement: | 77 |
| Armament: |
• 3 × QF 4-inch (100 mm) Mk IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX • 1 × QF 2 pdr pom-pom Mk. II • 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Lydiard was a Laforey class torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was ordered as the Waverley from Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company as part of the 1912–13 programme, but was renamed Lydiard before being launched on 26 February 1914.[2] She served in World War I with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, and fought at the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914, where she was credited with torpedoing the German light cruiser SMS Mainz.
She also took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, where she formed part of the 9th Destroyer Flotilla, along with fellow Laforey class destroyers Liberty, Landrail and Laurel,[3] supporting Admiral Beatty's Battlecruisers.[4] She was transferred to escort duties after 1917, and sold for breaking in November 1921.[2]
References[]
- Campbell, John. Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1998. ISBN 0 85177 750 3.
- Gardiner, Robert and Randal Gray. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. LOndon: Conway Maritime Press, 1985. ISBN 0 85177 245 5.
- Jellicoe, Viscount. The Grand Fleet 1914–16: Its Creation, Development and Work. Cassell, 1919.
- Moore, John. Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. London: Studio Publications, 1990. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.
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