Nymphe 1911

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

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Name:	NYMPHE
Type:	Destroyer
Keel:	08/12/1909
Launched:	31/01/1911
Completed:	18/05/1911
Builder:	R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard:	Hebburn
Yard Number:	436
Dimensions:	730disp - 780disp, 240.0 x 25.3 x 9.0(draft)ft
Engines:	3 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 13500shp
Engines by:	R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion:	3 x Screws, 28.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	2 x 1 x 4.0ins, 2 x 1 x 12pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x 21.0ins torpedoes

History:
18/05/1911	British Royal Navy
09/05/1921	Broken up

Comments:	Member of the Acorn Class
	09/05/1921: Sold for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd at Hayle