HMS Crusader | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Crusader |
Builder | J S White |
Launched | 20 March 1909 |
Honours and awards | Belgian Coast, 1914-16 |
Fate | Sold for Scrap 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tribal-class destroyer |
Length | 255 ft (78 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
Speed | 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
Armament | 2 × 4 in (102 mm) 2 × single 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
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