HMS Lancaster (G05)

HMS Lancaster was a Wickes-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number G05. The ship was named after John Woodward Philip. Her keel was laid at Bath Iron Works on 1 September 1917. Launched on 25 July 1918, she entered service on 24 August 1918.

Her class ran to 104 ships. The class followed the Caldwell-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Clemson-class destroyer.

Displacement was 1,090 long tons. She measured 95.7 m (314 ft) long with a beam of 9.1 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 134.

Her main battery was four 102 mm (4 in) guns.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Philip until 8 January 1941. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Lancaster from 23 October 1940. She was in commission for 2,234 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 29 May 1922. She recommissioned on 25 February 1930. She was struck from the register on 8 January 1941.

She was broken up for scrap in 1947.

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