| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Ghurka |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Launched: | 29 April 1907 |
| Fate: | Mined, 8 February 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tribal-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 880 long tons (890 t) |
| Length: | 255 ft (78 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3 × steam turbines 3 × shafts 12,500 shp (9,300 kW) 90 long tons (91 t) fuel oil |
| Speed: | 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
| Armament: | 5 × QF 12-pounder guns, 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Ghurka was a Tribal-class destroyer built in 1907 for the Royal Navy.
During the First World War, she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla. She was sunk on 8 February 1917 after hitting a German mine. Only five of the crew survived. The wreck is located at a depth of 30 metres [1] (off Dungeness). It is designated as a "protected place" under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
NOTE: the incorrect spelling "Ghurka" was in fact used as the name of this ship.
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