HMS Sandfly (1911)

	HMS Sandfly
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sandfly
Builder	Swan Hunter, Wallsend
Launched	9 July 1911
Fate	Sold 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	750 tons
Length	246 ft (75 m)
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Propulsion	Three Parsons Turbines; Three Yarrows boilers (oil fired); Three shafts;
Speed	28 kn (52 km/h)
Complement	72
Armament	2 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V; 2 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun, mounting P Mark I; 2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes;

HMS Sandfly was an Acheron-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served during World War I and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named after the small biting fly of the same name.

History
HMS Sandfly
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sandfly
Builder	Swan Hunter, Wallsend
Launched	9 July 1911
Fate	Sold 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	750 tons
Length	246 ft (75 m)
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	13,500 shp (10,100 kW)
Propulsion	Three Parsons Turbines Three Yarrows boilers (oil fired) Three shafts
Speed	28 kn (52 km/h)
Complement	72
Armament	2 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V 2 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun, mounting P Mark I 2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes