HMS Amazon | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Amazon |
Builder | J I Thornycroft, Woolston |
Laid down | 24 June 1907 |
Launched | 29 July 1908 |
Commissioned | 18 January 1909 |
Fate | Sold for scrap on 22 October 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tribal-class destroyer |
Displacement | 970 long tons (986 t) |
Length | 280 ft 4 in (85.45 m) (p/p) |
Beam | 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m) |
Draught | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 68 |
Armament | 3 × QF 12-pounder 12-cwt [Note 1] guns |
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