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HMS Shark (1912)

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54: 1327: 1630: 597:. The German destroyers closed on the ship and returned heavy fire, during which Jones lost a leg. Shortly before 7 pm he ordered the ship to be abandoned and around thirty of the crew got onto the rafts. Only seven were picked up six hours later by a Danish ship, but one died soon afterwards. Although there are reports that Jones went down with the ship, survivors told his wife that he was put onto a raft. In total, 86 men out of a crew of 92 were killed. 2032: 2015: 2027: 2007: 33: 455:, with the intent of drawing out units of the British Grand Fleet, where they could be engaged by the battleships of the High Seas Fleet. The British, aware from radio intercepts that the Germans were planning a raid with their battlecruisers (but not that they were supported by the whole of the High Seas Fleet), sent out the battlecruiser squadron under Vice Admiral 284:
destroyers ordered under the previous year's programme. Greater speed was wanted to match large fast destroyers building for foreign navies, while a larger radius of action was desired. The destroyers built to the Admiralty standard design were 267 feet 6 inches (81.5 m) long
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s, this speed was required at full load displacement rather than the lighter displacements previously used. A trial speed of 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph) at full load corresponded to a speed of 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) at the lighter loads previously
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and the remaining British destroyers resumed station screening the British battlecruisers. They encountered five German destroyers at about 06:03, which they chased away, and at about 06:50 encountered the German cruiser
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Armament consisted of three 4-inch (102 mm) guns mounted on the ship's centreline, with one forward and two aft, with 120 rounds of ammunition carried per gun, together with two 21-inch (533 mm)
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Soon afterwards the aft 4-inch gun was also destroyed and the bridge wrecked. Jones and three seamen continued working the midship gun, engaging nearby German destroyers and leading to the sinking of
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was one of seven destroyers that sailed in support of the British battlecruiser squadron. At 05:15 on 16 December, the lead ship of the British destroyers,
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It was considered unlucky to rename ships after they had been launched, which would also create considerable administrative problems. In addition,
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was one of four destroyers from the 4th Flotilla assigned to cover the 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron. During the battle, at around 6 pm,
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on 30 July 1912. In 1913 the Admiralty decided to reclassify the Royal Navy's destroyers into alphabetical classes, with the
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attempted to lead her division in a torpedo attack against the German cruiser, the appearance of two more German cruisers,
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and which hit her abreast of the aft funnel. In March 1917, Jones was gazetted with a posthumous
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led an unsuccessful torpedo attack by the four destroyers on the German 2nd Scouting Group, with
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class becoming the K class. New names were allocated to the ships of the K class, with the name
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was 892 long tons (906 t) Normal and 1,072 long tons (1,089 t) Deep load. Four
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gun was completely blown away with most of its gun crew shortly before the captain,
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with four battlecruisers and the Second Battle Squadron, commanded by Vice Admiral
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At 7 pm, the destroyer was sunk by a torpedo launched by the German torpedo boat
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firing two torpedoes. The other three destroyers escaped with little damage, but
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was crippled by gunfire, having her fuel pipes and steering gear wrecked. The
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Names beginning with "K" were assigned in September 1913, but never used
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Under the 1911–1912 shipbuilding programme for the Royal Navy, the
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noted that the names allocated to the Ks "are not good names".
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Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. 1024:Nigel Steel & Peter Hart (2004). 503:encountered the German light cruiser 50: 7: 1130:Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting 1000:"Biography: Loftus William Jones VC" 355:shipyard on 27 October 1911 and was 264:Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson 80:Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson 2102:Ships sunk at the Battle of Jutland 1221:. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd. 615:. The wrecksite is designated as a 321:(54 km/h; 33 mph). Three 134:267 ft 6 in (81.5 m) 643:s at 29 knots was the same as the 371:, but the ships were not renamed. 309:fed steam to direct drive Parsons 14: 1200:. London: Conway Maritime Press. 1132:. 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Index

HMS Shark

Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Wallsend
Battle of Jutland
Acasta-class
destroyer
knots
QF 4 in (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark IV guns
QF 2 pdr pom-pom Mk. II
21 in (533 mm)
Acasta-class
destroyer
Royal Navy
Battle of Jutland
British Admiralty
Acasta-class
destroyers
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson
Acorn-class
overall
between perpendiculars
beam
draught
Displacement
Yarrow boilers
steam turbines
shaft horsepower
knots
funnels

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