HMS Unity (1913)

HMS Unity
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Unity
Builder	Thornycroft, Woolston
Laid down	1 April 1912
Launched	18 September 1913
Completed	June 1914
Fate	Sold to be to be broken up on 25 October 1922
General characteristics
Class & type	Acasta-class destroyer
Displacement	934 long tons (949 t)
Length	265 ft 3 in (80.8 m) oa
Beam	26 ft 6 in (8.1 m)
Draught	9 ft 3 in (2.8 m)
Installed power	22,500  shp (16,778 kW)
Propulsion	Yarrow-type water-tube boilers 2 shaft Parson steam turbines
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement	73
Armament	3 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark IV guns 1 × QF 2 pdr pom-pom Mk. II 2 × single tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes

HMS Unity was an Acasta-class (later K-class) destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The Acasta class was larger and more powerful than the preceding Acorn class. Launched in 1913, the vessel served as part of the Grand Fleet during the First World War and was sold to be broken up in 1922. ^[1]

References

1. Preston, Antony (1985). "Great Britain and Empire Forces". In Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 75. ISBN   978-0-85177-245-5.