Admiralty type leader
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Admiralty type leader |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,580 tons standard; 2,053 tons full load |
| Length: | 322.5 ft o/a |
| Beam: | 31.75 ft |
| Draught: | 12.5 ft |
| Propulsion: | 4 Yarrow-type boilers, Parsons single reduction turbines, 2 shafts, 40,000 shp |
| Speed: | 36.5 kts (service) |
| Range: | 500 tons oil, 5,000 nm at 15 kts |
| Complement: | 170 |
| Armament: | 5 x 4.7 in BL Mark I 1 x 12 pdr (3 in) HA Mark VIII |
The Admiralty type leader, sometimes known as the Scott class, were a class of destroyer leaders designed and built for the Royal Navy towards the end of World War I. They were named after Scottish historical leaders. The function of a leader was to carry the flag staff of a destroyer flotilla, therefore they were enlarged to carry additional crew, offices and signalling equipment, allowing a fifth gun to be carried. These ships were very similar to the Thornycroft type leader, but the latter had broad, slab-sided funnels characteristic of Thornycroft designs, the Admiralty type having two narrow funnels of equal height.
All except Mackay and Malcolm were completed in time for wartime service, Scott being a war loss. Barrington and Hughes were cancelled in 1918. All the remaining ships except Bruce and Stuart survived service in World War II, being converted to escort ships. Montrose had Brown-Curtis steam turbines, giving 43,000 shp for an extra 1/2 knot.
[edit] Ships
- Bruce; Sunk as target, 1939
- Campbell; Completed 1918, convoy escort during World War II
- Mackay; Completed 1919, convoy escort during World War II, scrapped 1945
- Douglas; Completed 1918, convoy escort during World War II, scrapped 1945
- Malcolm; Completed 1919, convoy escort during World War II, scrapped 1945
- Montrose; Completed 1918, convoy escort during World War II, scrapped 1945
- Scott; Completed 1918, Torpedoed by U-boat 15 August 1918 off Danish coast.
- Stuart; Completed 1918, transferred to the Royal Australian Navy 11 October 1933
- Barrington; Ordered from Cammel Laird, cancelled, 1918
- Hughes; Ordered from Cammel Laird, cancelled, 1918
[edit] Bibliography
- Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981, Maurice Cocker, 1983, Ian Allan ISBN 0-7110-1075-7
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946, Ed. Robert Gardiner, Naval Institute Press, ISBN 0-87021-913-8
- Destroyers of World War Two : An International Encyclopedia, M J Whitley, Arms and Armour Press, 1999, ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
