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Huon

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Parramatta			Fairfield, Govan, UK	1909	9.2.1910	8.1910	BU 1929
Yarra			Denny, Dumbarton, UK	1909	8.4.1910	9.1910	BU 1929
Warrego			Fairfield, Govan, UK / Cockatoo DYd	7.1910	4.4.1911	6.1912	hulk 1929
Huon (ex-Derwent)			Cockatoo DYd	1.1913	19.12.1914	12.1915	sunk as target 9.4.1930
Torrens			Cockatoo DYd	1914	28.8.1915	7.1916	sunk as target 24.11.1930
Swan			Cockatoo DYd	1914	11.12.1915	8.1916	BU 9.1929

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	778
Displacement full, t	990
Length, m	75.0
Breadth, m	7.80
Draught, m	2.70
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Parsons steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	13500
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	oil 178
Endurance, nm(kts)	2300(13)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/40 BL Mk VIII, 3 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 3 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	70

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Project history

The 20 destroyers in the 1910-11 Programme were to be repeats of the Acorns, but 6 'specials' were included to give the specialist firms a chance to improve performance. To try to match the latest German destroyers Yarrow's were given an order for 3 more, with a free hand to increase length and power. They were very similar to the standard boats but had more rake to the funnels and masts. The layout was identical to the Acorns but had two level-topped funnels. Although the fore funnel was set back from the bridge it was still too short to avoid smoking out the compass platform, and the standard boats had the fore funnel raised from September 1916. The RAN ordered 3 more Yarrow 'specials', but the design was modified by Sir John Biles. They were built by other yards to the modified design, and sections for a fourth was shipped out to Australia for assembly, and two more were built locally. They resembled the standard design but had two raked funnels. All the RN boats were redesignated the 'I' class in October 1913. The design was submitted for approval in May 1910

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.