LYDIARD

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Destroyer

Nickname

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Ship Class

Laforey class

Grouping

9th / 10th Destroyer Flotilla (leader HMS Lydiard, Commander M.L.Goldsmith)

Command

Battle-Cruiser Fleet

Builder's Yard

Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

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Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

26.02.1914

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

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Related stories

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Sister ships

Lydiard, Liberty, Landrail and Laurel

Eventual Fate

Scrapped Nov. 1921

Jutland result

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Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Commander Malcolm L. Goldsmith

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

74

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

965 -1,1010

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

268' 10"

Length (mtrs)

81.94

Beam (ft)

27' 8"

Beam (mtrs)

8.43

Draught (ft)

10' 6"

Draught (mtrs)

3.2

Max. Speed (knots)

29

Range (miles)

1,980 at 15 kts

Range (kilometres)

3,190 at 15 kts

Fuel

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Propulsion

2 shafts run by two steam turbines using 4 Yarrow boilers. Rated at 24,500 shp.

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

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Guns (No.barrels) 2

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Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Three QF 4" (102 mm) Mark IV guns and two QF 1.5 pdr (37 mm) or QF 2 pdr (40 mm) "pom-pom" AA guns

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

533 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

Two single mounted tubes

References & sources

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