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Tipperary 1915

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Faulknor (ex-Almirante Simpson)	H84, H31, D16		White, Cowes	2.1912	26.2.1914	8.1914	to Chile 5.1920 (Almirante Riveros)
Broke (ex-Almirante Goni)	H98, H23, D10		White, Cowes	10.1912	25.5.1914	10.1914	to Chile 5.1920 (Almirante Uribe)
Botha (ex-Almirante Williams Rebolledo)	H5C, G60, F61, F50, D80		White, Cowes	6.1912	2.12.1914	3.1915	to Chile 5.1920 (Almirante Williams)
Tipperary (ex-Almirante Riveros)	H6C		White, Cowes	1912	5.3.1915	5.1915	sunk 1.6.1916

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1610
Displacement full, t	2000
Length, m	100.8
Breadth, m	9.91
Draught, m	3.53
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 sets Parsons independent reduction steam turbines, 6 White-Forster boilers
Power, h. p.	30000
Max speed, kts	31
Fuel, t	coal 433 + oil 83
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Faulknor, Broke: 6 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk VI, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94, 4 x 1 - 533 TT Botha, Tipperary: 6 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk VI, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94, 2 x 2 - 533 TT
Complement	197

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Project history

Plans to use the new Arethusa class light cruisers as flotilla leaders were quickly dropped as the Grand Fleet was so short of scouting cruisers. There were, however, four big destroyers out of a batch of six ordered from J S White in Cowes by Chile in 1912. These were bought immediately on the outbreak of war; two were well advanced and the other two were on the stocks. The second pair, named Botha and Tipperary were bought in September 1914. The distribution of armament was altered; twin TT instead of four singles, and single 102mm guns on the forecastle and quarterdeck. In all four the 11.2pdr QF AA Vickers guns were replaced by 2pdr pom-poms.

Modernizations 3.

1918, Broke; 1919, Faulknor, Botha: - 4 x 1 - 102/40; + 2 x 1 - 120/45 BL Mk I

Naval service

Tipperary was sunk 1.6.1916 by gunfire of German ships at Jutland. Remaining three destroyers were transferred to Chile in May, 1920.