HMS Amazon (1908)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Amazon.

HMS Amazon was a Tribal-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She survived the First World War and was sold in 1919. During the First World War she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla.

HMS Amazon
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Amazon
Builder	J I Thornycroft, Woolston
Laid down	24 June 1907
Launched	29 July 1908
Commissioned	18 January 1909
Fate	Sold for scrap on 22 October 1919
General characteristics
Class & type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	970 long tons (986 t)
Length	280 ft 4 in (85.45 m) (p/p)
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
Draught	10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power	6 × Thornycroft boilers about 14,000 shp (10,000 kW) (turbine)
Propulsion	3 shafts 3 steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	68
Armament	3 × QF 12-pounder 12-cwt[Note 1] guns

Notes

1. "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
• Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
• Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
• Manning, T. D. (1961). The British Destroyer. London: Putnam & Co. OCLC 6470051.
• March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.

External links

• HMS Amazon Archived 25 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels
• "Royal Navy Log Books - HMS Amazon". naval-history.net. Retrieved 20 December 2013. OldWeather.org transcription of ship's logbooks August to October 1916