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and two torpedo tubes. They carried a complement of 63 officers and men. In 1913 the pair - like all other surviving three-funnelled destroyers of the "30-knotter" group - were reclassed as
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produced 6,100 hp to given them the required 30 knots (56 km/h) and they were armed with the standard
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ships built subsequently at the same yard differed only by having Yarrow boilers.
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This article about a specific destroyer of the United Kingdom is a
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Royal Navy
Destroyer
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overall
knots
QF 12 pounder 12 cwt gun
18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Royal Navy
First World War
Mermaid
Cheerful
R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Company
Thornycroft boilers
12-pounder gun
C-class destroyers
Greyhound-class
Lyon, The First Destroyers
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