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LAFOREY destroyers (22, 1913 - 1916)
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Laurel
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laertes (ex-Sarpedon) | H94, H45 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 7/1912 | 5.6.1913 | 10.1913 | sold 12.1921 | ||
| Lysander (ex-Ulysses) | H93, H68 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 8/1912 | 18.8.1913 | 12/1913 | sold 6.1922 | ||
| Laforey (ex-Florizel) | H03 | Fairfield, Govan | 9/1912 | 30.10.1913 | 2/1914 | sunk 25.3.1917 | ||
| Lawford (ex-Ivanhoe) | H06, H53 | Fairfield, Govan | 9/1912 | 30.10.1913 | 5/1914 | sold 8.1922 | ||
| Llewellyn (ex-Picton) | H99, H61 | Beardmore, Dalmuir | 12/1912 | 30.10.1913 | 3/1914 | sold 3.1922 | ||
| Loyal (ex-Orlando) | H80, H63 | Denny, Dumbarton | 10.1912 | 11.11.1913 | 5/1914 | sold 11.1921 | ||
| Louis (ex-Talisman) | H07 | Fairfield, Govan | 12.1912 | 30.12.1913 | 5/1914 | wrecked 31.10.1915 | ||
| Legion (ex-Viola) | H79, H54, F94 | Denny, Dumbarton | 9.1912 | 3.2.1914 | 7/1914 | sold 5.1921 | ||
| Lance (ex-Daring) | H23, H46 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 8.1912 | 25.2.1914 | 7/1914 | sold 11.1921 | ||
| Lydiard (ex-Waverley) | H08, H66 | Fairfield, Govan | 12.1912 | 26.2.1914 | 6/1914 | sold 11.1921 | ||
| Lennox (ex-Portia) | H95, H55 | Beardmore, Dalmuir | 11.1912 | 17.3.1914 | 5/1914 | sold 10.1921 | ||
| Lookout (ex-Dragon) | H24, H62 | Thornycroft, Woolston | 8.1912 | 27.4.1914 | 8/1914 | sold 8.1922 | ||
| Laurel (ex-Redgauntlet) | H91, H51 | White, Cowes | 8/1912 | 6.5.1913 | 3.1914 | sold 11.1921 | White 2-funnelled type | |
| Liberty (ex-Rosalind) | H81, H57 | White, Cowes | 8/1912 | 15.9.1913 | 1914 | sold 11.1921 | White 2-funnelled type | |
| Lark (ex-Haughty) | H34, H49 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 6/1912 | 26.5.1913 | 11/1913 | sold 1.1923 | Yarrow 2-funnelled type | |
| Linnet (ex-Havock) | H43, H59 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 6/1912 | 16.8.1913 | 12.1913 | sold 11.1921 | Yarrow 2-funnelled type | |
| Laverock (ex-Hereward) | H53 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 7/1912 | 19.11.1913 | 10.1914 | sold 5.1921 | Yarrow 2-funnelled type | |
| Landrail (ex-Hotspur) | H54, H47 | Yarrow, Scotstoun | 7.1912 | 7.2.1914 | 6/1914 | sold 12.1921 | Yarrow 2-funnelled type | |
| Lassoo (ex-Magic) | G01, F41 | Beardmore, Dalmuir | 1.1915 | 24.8.1915 | 10.1915 | sunk 13.8.1916 | War emergency repeat "L" class | |
| Lochinvar (ex-Malice) | G06, F42, F52 | Beardmore, Dalmuir | 1.1915 | 9.10.1915 | 12.1915 | sold 11.1921 | War emergency repeat "L" class | |
| Leonidas (ex-Rob Roy) | H20,H56 | Palmers, Jarrow | 10.1912 | 30.10.1913 | 8/1914 | sold 5.1921 | Parsons specials | |
| Lucifer (ex-Rocket) | H22, H64 | Palmers, Jarrow | 10.1912 | 29.12.1913 | 8/1914 | sold 12.1921 | Parsons specials |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 965 - 1010 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 1150 - 1300 |
| Length, m | 81.9 |
| Breadth, m | 8.46 |
| Draught, m | 3.20 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | Llewelyn, Lennox, Loyal, Legion, Laertes, Lysander, Lance, Lookout, Lochinvar, Lassoo: 2 Parsons steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers Laforey, Lawford, Louis, Lydiard: 2 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers Leonidas, Lucifer: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers Laurel, Liberty: 2 Parsons steam turbines, 3 White-Forster boilers Lark, Landrail, Laverock, Linnet: 2 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 24500 |
| Max speed, kts | 29 |
| Fuel, t | oil 268 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 3 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 1 x 1 - 7.7/87, 2 x 2 - 533 TT (4), 4 Elia Mk IV mines |
| Complement | 73 |
Standard scale images
Lochinvar
Graphics
Laurel
Project history
Destroyers were built by various yards and outwardly significantly differed from each other (in particular, Laurel, Liberty, Lark, Landrail, Laverock and Linnet had 3 boilers instead of 4 and two funnells. Ardent had two funnells and 4 boilers).
The step-by-step improvements in previous designs showed to good advantage in the destroyers of the 1912-13 Programme. Although originally given Shakespearian and Waverley Novel names they were all given 'L' names by Admiralty order of 30 September 1913, thus becoming the first alphabetical class under the new organisation. After some discussion about the possibilily of finding a design cheaper than the Acorns, in January 1912 the Controller issued a fresh Staff Requirement for a twin-screw TBD with 24,500shp, 3 102mm semiautomatic guns, iwo twin torpedo-tubes and three boilers. Following the success of the semi-geared turbines in Badger and Beaver (Garland had not been laid down) two, Leonidas and Lucifer, were to have 'all-geared' turbines. Frahm anti-rolling tanks were also approved. As designed the'Ls' had short level funnels like the Acherons but height was raised to 6m during construction. The White and Yarrow boats were two-funnelled but the rest had three funnels. As built all were fitted to stow and lay 4 Vickers Elia Mk.IV mines, but there is no record of them laying these mines, and when the Elia Mk.IV was replaced by the 'H' type in 1917 ihere was no reason to retain the capability. Two additional boats were ordered from Beardmore late in 1914. They were intended to be extra 'M' class vessels but to save time the builders were ordered to repeat the design of the two 'L's already in hand, and they were renamed in February 1915.
Modernizations
1917, all but Lawford and Legion: can not carry mines.
1917, Lawford, Legion: were converted to carry new "H" type mines.
1917-1918, most survived: + 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II
Naval service
Laforey was sunk by British mine in English Channel 25.3.1917, Lassoo was mined or torpedoed by German submarine off Maass lightship 13.8.1916. Louis was wrecked 31.10.1915 in Dardanelles (Suvla Bay) and demolished by Turkish coastal artillery.
