HMS Lynx (1913)

Lynx
History
United Kingdom
NameLynx
BuilderLondon and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company, Govan
Yard number364
Laid down18 January 1912
Launched20 March 1913
CommissionedJanuary 1914
FateSunk by a naval mine, 9 August 1915
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeAcasta-class destroyer
Displacement1,072 long tons (1,089 t) (deep load)
Length267 ft 6 in (81.5 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 1 steam turbine
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range1,540 nmi (2,850 km; 1,770 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement73
Armament

HMS Lynx was one of 20 Acasta-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. Completed in 1914 she saw active service in the First World War.