HMS Leonidas (1913)
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HMS Leonidas was a Laforey-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 30 October 1913. She served in World War I with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla and as a convoy escort and was broken up in 1922. The ship was originally named Rob Roy but the name was changed after a new naming scheme was introduced to give all ships of the same class names beginning with the same letter. Overall cost of the ship was £100,000
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Name | HMS Leonidas |
Ordered | 1912 |
Builder | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, hull sub-contracted to WallsendHawthorn Leslie, Hebburn |
Launched | 30 October 1913 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Laforey-class destroyer |
Displacement | 965–1,003 long tons (980–1,019 t) |
Length | 269 ft (82 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
Installed power | 22,500 shp (16.8 MW) |
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Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Complement | 77 |
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