HMS Skate (1917)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Skate.
HMS Skate was an R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that was laid down and completed during the First World War. She was built at John Brown Shipyard at Clydebank in Scotland and launched on 11 January 1917.[1]
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Name | HMS Skate |
Ordered | 8 December 1915 |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
Laid down | 12 January 1916 |
Launched | 11 January 1917 |
Commissioned | 19 February 1917 |
Fate | Sold for scrap in 1947 |
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Class and type | R-class destroyer |
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Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
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Complement | 90 |
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