HMS Douglas
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Douglas |
| Ordered: | July 1916 |
| Laid down: | 30 June 1917 |
| Launched: | 20 February 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 2 September 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold 20 March 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admiralty type destroyer leader |
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| Length: | 332 ft 6 in (101.35 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Installed power: | 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) |
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| Speed: | 36.5 kn (42.0 mph; 67.6 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nmi (5,800 mi; 9,300 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 164-183 |
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HMS Douglas was an Admiralty type flotilla leader (also known as the Scott-class) of the British Royal Navy. Built by Cammell Laird, Douglas commissioned in 1918, just before the end of the First World War. During the Second World War, Douglas served with Force H out of Gibraltar and as a convoy escort. She was sold for scrap in March 1945.
In December 1916, the British Admiralty placed orders for two large flotilla leaders, HMS Bruce and Douglas from Cammell Laird as a follow on to the prototype of the class, HMS Scott, which had been ordered in April that year. The ship was 320 feet 0 inches (97.54 m) long between perpendiculars and 332 feet 5 inches (101.32 m) overall, with a beam of 31 feet 9 inches (9.68 m) and a draught of 12 feet 6 inches (3.81 m). Design displacement was 1,580 long tons (1,610 t) normal and 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) full load. The ship's machinery consisted of four Yarrow boilers that fed steam at 250 pounds per square inch (1,700 kPa) to two sets of Parsons single-reduction geared-steam turbines, rated at 40,000 shaft horsepower (30,000 kW). This gave a design speed of 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) light, which corresponded to about 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) at full load.
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