HMS Lassoo (1915)
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Lassoo |
| Launched: | 24 August 1915 |
| Fate: | Sunk on 13 August 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Laforey-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,010 long tons (1,030 t) standard |
| Length: | 269 ft (82 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Installed power: | 24,500 shp (18,300 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Parsons turbines |
| Speed: | 29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 270 long tons (270 t) fuel oil |
| Complement: | 77 |
| Armament: | 3 × 4 in (100 mm) guns, 1 × 2-pounder pom-pom (40 mm), 1 × machine gun, 4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (2x2) |
HMS Lassoo was a Laforey-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
She was built during the First World War as part of an emergency program of naval construction, to an Admiralty design by William Beardmore & Company, Dalmuir. She was originally to have been named Magic but she was renamed Lassoo on 15 February 1915 before being launched on 24 August 1915.
She was sunk by the German U-boat SM UB-10 on 13 August 1916 off the Maas lightship in the North Sea.
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. OCLC 67375475.
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