LIZZARD - The Battle of Jutland - Centenary Initiative
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LIZZARD

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Destroyer

Nickname

Ship Class

Acheron class

Grouping

1st Destroyer Flotilla

Command

Builder's Yard

Cammell Laird and Company, Birkenhead

Budget Year

Construction Notes

Date Laid Down

01.01.1911

Launch Date

10.10.1911

Completed date

Commission date

Year laid down

1911

Year launched

1911

Year completed

Commission Year

Pennant No

H58 (from December 1914 to January 1918)

Photo Details

No photo available

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Sister ships

Eventual Fate

Scrapped 1921

Jutland result

Ready for action after dock repairs

Commander

Lieutenant-Commttnder Edward Brooke

Noteable Officers

Crew complement

72

Officers

Ratings

Killed

Wounded

Prisoners

Displacement full Load (tons)

990

Artefacts Data

Ship's Model

Length (ft)

246'

Length (mtrs)

75

Beam (ft)

26'

Beam (mtrs)

7.8

Draught (ft)

8.9'

Draught (mtrs)

2.7

Max. Speed (knots)

27

Range (miles)

Range (kilometres)

Fuel

Propulsion

3 shafts run by three Parsons turbines powered by 3 Yarrow oil fired boilers

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

Two BL 4" L/40 Mk VIII guns, mounting P Mk V and two QF 12 pdr. 12 cwt. Naval guns, mounting P Mk I

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 mounts

References & sources