HMS Gabriel (1915)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gabriel.
HMS Gabriel was a Marksman-class flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy, that took part in the First World War. The ship was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, being launched on 23 December 1915 and entering service in July 1916. Gabriel served with the Grand Fleet, leading a destroyer flotilla and was later used as a minelayer. She survived the war, before being sold for scrap on in May 1921.
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Name | HMS Gabriel |
Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England |
Laid down | 12 January 1915 |
Launched | 23 December 1915 |
Commissioned | 1 July 1916 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping May 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Marksman-class flotilla leader |
Displacement | 1,700 long tons (1,700 t) (full load) |
Length | 324 ft 10 in (99.01 m) o/a |
Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (39 mph; 63 km/h) |
Complement | 106—116 |
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