HMS AMAZON

HMS AMAZON

Class……………………………Tribal class Destroyer

Builder……………………….. J. I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd., Southampton

Yard number……………….471

Laid down..………………….24 Jun 1907

Launched….…………………29 Jul 1908

Completed.…………………. 7 Apr 1909

Propulsion.………………….. 3 shafts :3 sets of Parsons Steam Turbines : 6 Thornycroft oil fired boilers

Speed..…………………………33 knots (max)

Range…………………………..1000/1400 nm at 33/15 knots

 

Fate

22/10/1919 sold for breaking at Preston by T. W. Ward Ltd.

 

An undated photograph of HMS AMAZON passing through the Manchester Ship Canal

 

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