LYDIARD - The Battle of Jutland - Centenary Initiative
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LYDIARD

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Destroyer

Nickname

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

Construction Notes

Date Laid Down

Launch Date

26.02.1914

Completed date

Commission date

Year laid down

Year launched

Year completed

Commission Year

Pennant No

Photo Details

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Sister ships

Lydiard, Liberty, Landrail and Laurel

Eventual Fate

Scrapped Nov. 1921

Jutland result

Ready for action after dock repairs

Commander

Commander Malcolm L. Goldsmith

Noteable Officers

Crew complement

74

Officers

Ratings

Killed

Wounded

Prisoners

Displacement full Load (tons)

965 -1,1010

Artefacts Data

Ship's Model

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

Propulsion

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

Armour Main Belt

Deck Armour

Turret Armour IN CM

Conning Tower Armour

Barbette Armour

Weight of armour

Armour / Displacement Ratio

Watertight compartments

General Notes

Fire Control Table

Fire Control - Clock

Primary Gun calibre

No. Primary Turrets

Guns (No.barrels)

Primary gun layout

Rounds per main gun

Effective broadside guns

Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

Primary Broadside Weight

Secondary Gun Calibre

Guns (No.barrels) 2

Rounds per secondary

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)

Gunnery Range (yards)

Gunnery Range (metres)

Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

Shells expended Main

Mines dropped

Shells expended Secondary

Torpedoes fired

Gunnery Notes

Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

533 mm

No. Mines

Torpedo Notes

Two single mounted tubes

References & sources