HMS Porpoise (1913)
Service
- as HMS Porpoise? — March 1920
- as Alexandrino de Alencar9 December 1922 — 13 September 19462,193 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Porpoise
- Pennant / hull number
- 1913
- Builder
- John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston
- Laid down
- 14 March 1912
- Launched
- 21 July 1913
- Commissioned
- 9 December 1922
- Fate
- Discarded 13 September 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 934 long tons (949 t)
- Length
- 80.77 m (265 ft) OA
- Beam
- 7.92 m (26 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 31 knots (57.4 km/h, 35.7 mph)
- Complement
- 73
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Porpoise was a Acasta-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 1913. John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston laid her keel on 14 March 1912. She entered service on 9 December 1922, having been launched on 21 July 1913.
She was the only ship of her class. The class followed the Acheron-class destroyer and was succeeded by the L class.
Displacement was 934 long tons. She measured 80.8 m (265 ft) long with a beam of 7.9 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 31 knots, and she carried a complement of 73. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
22,500 shp drove two shafts.
She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Porpoise until March 1920. She then passed to the Brazilian Navy, serving as Alexandrino de Alencar from 9 December 1922. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Yarrow-type water-tube boilers
- 2 shaft Parson steam turbines
- Power
- 22500 shp
- Armament
- 3 × QF 4 in Mark IV guns
- 1 × QF 2 pdr pom-pom Mk. II
- 2 × single tubes for 21 in torpedoes
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Porpoise (1913) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — naval history web — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons