Beagle-class destroyer
HMS Scourge at sea, 1914 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Beagle class (or G class) |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | Tribal class |
| Succeeded by | Acorn class |
| Built | 1909 – 1910 |
| In commission | 1910 – 1921 |
| Completed | 16 |
| Lost | 3 |
| Scrapped | 13 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 860–940 long tons (874–955 t) |
| Length | 275 ft (83.8 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Installed power | 12,500 hp (9,300 kW) |
| Propulsion | Coal-fired boilers, 2 or 3 shaft steam turbines |
| Speed | 27 knots (50.0 km/h; 31.1 mph) |
| Complement | 96 |
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The Beagle class (officially redesignated as the G class in 1913) was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy, all ordered under the 1908-1909 programme and launched in 1909 and 1910. The Beagles served during World War I, particularly during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915.