HMS Lizard (1911)
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HMS Lizard was an Acheron class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is named for the Lizard peninsula in the county of Cornwall in England. Lizard of 1911 was the twelfth ship to bear the name Lizard.
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[edit] History
Lizard was laid down on the 1 January 1911 during the building programme of 1910-1911 by Cammell Laird and Company of Birkenhead. She was launched on the 10 October 1911. She had two funnels each with red and white funnel bands. Capable of 28 knots, she carried two 4-inch (102 mm) guns, other smaller guns and 21 inch torpedo tubes and had a complement of 72 men.
[edit] Service
[edit] Battle of Jutland
Lizard took part in the Battle of Jutland. She was part of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla and survived the battle unscathed and with no known casualties.
[edit] Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau
On January the 19th 1918 the two German-Turkish ships SMS Breslau and Goeben passed through the Dardanelles to the Aegean. The two ships were shadowed by a Royal Navy flotilla that was stationed there to intercept them, of which Lizard was a part, along with HMS Raglan, M28 and Tigress. The German ships out-gunned their opposition, sinking the two monitors, M28 and Raglan, but subsequently ran into a minefield. Breslau struck a mine and sank immediately, with the loss of 330 men. Goeben was damaged but managed to escape.
[edit] Disposal
Lizard was sold on January 1, 1921 to Ward of Portishead, Somerset for scrap.
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