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HMS Lydiard (1914)
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HMS Lydiard was a Laforey-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s.
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Name | HMS Lydiard |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
Launched | 26 February 1914 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, November 1921 |
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Class and type | Laforey-class destroyer |
Displacement | 965–1,010 long tons (980–1,026 t) |
Length | 268 ft 10 in (81.94 m) o/a |
Beam | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 Shafts; 2 steam turbines |
Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Range | 1,720 nmi (3,190 km; 1,980 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 74 |
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