HMS Attack (1911)
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HMS Attack flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Beatty at the Battle of Dogger Bank
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| Name: | HMS Attack |
| Builder: | Yarrow & Company, Scotstoun |
| Yard number: | 1297 |
| Launched: | 12 December 1911 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed or mined, 30 December 1917 |
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| Class and type: | Acheron-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 770 long tons (780 t) |
| Length: | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Installed power: | 16,000 shp (12,000 kW) |
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| Speed: | 31 kn (57 km/h) |
| Complement: | 70 |
| Armament: | 2 × BL 4 in (100 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, 2 × QF 12-pounder guns, 2 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Attack was an Acheron-class destroyer built in 1911, which served during the First World War and was sunk in 1917 in the Mediterranean by a German U-Boat. She was the third ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.
She was laid down at the Yarrow & Company yard in Scotstoun, Glasgow, and was launched on 12 December 1911.
Attack and Archer used steam at higher pressures than the other Acheron-class destroyers and consequently were faster than the standard Admiralty-designed members of their class. Achieving 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) on trials, she carried two 4 in (100 mm) guns, other smaller guns and 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes and had a complement of 70 men.
As part of the First Destroyer Flotilla, she was attached to the Grand Fleet in August 1914, and then to the Third Battle Squadron from the spring of 1916.
As part of the Harwich Force, the First Destroyer Flotilla took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914.
On 24 January 1915, Attack, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Cyril Callaghan, took part in the Battle of Dogger Bank as part of the First Destroyer Flotilla. In the final stages of the battle, at 11:20, with his flagship — the battlecruiser Lion — seriously damaged, Vice Admiral Beatty called Attack to come alongside. He shifted his flag into her at 11:34, and used her to rejoin the rest of the battlecruisers, shifting again into Princess Royal at 12:20.
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