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HMS Ghurka
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| Name: | HMS Ghurka |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Laid down: | 6 February 1906 |
| Launched: | 29 April 1907 |
| Commissioned: | December 1908 |
| Fate: | Mined, 8 February 1917 |
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| Class and type: | Tribal-class destroyer |
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| Beam: | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
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| Speed: | 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
| Range: | 1,460 nmi (2,700 km; 1,680 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 72 |
| Armament: | 5 × QF 12-pounder guns, 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Ghurka was a Tribal-class destroyer built in 1907 for the Royal Navy. She served as part of the Dover Patrol during the First World War, playing a part in the sinking of the German submarine U-8 in 1915, and was sunk by a German mine in 1917.
HMS Ghurka was ordered from Hawthorn Leslie as one of five Tribal-class destroyers purchased under the 1905–06 shipbuilding programme. The Tribals derived from a requirement by the First Sea Lord "Jackie" Fisher, for a steam turbine powered, oil-fueled destroyer capable of at least 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph). Armament was specified as three 12 pounder (3 inch, 76 mm) 12 cwt guns and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. The Hawthorn Leslie design for Ghurka was powered by steam turbines fed by five Yarrow boilers, driving three propeller shafts and rated at 14,250 shaft horsepower (10,630 kW). The ship was fitted with three low funnels. A high-pressure turbine drove the centre shaft, while the exhaust steam from this turbine fed two low-pressure turbines on the outer shafts. Separate cruising turbines were also fitted to the outer shafts. Two of the 12 pounder guns were mounted on the ship's forecastle, with the remaining gun situated aft.
Ghurka was laid down at Hawthorn Leslie's shipyard at Hebburn on the River Tyne on 6 February 1906 and launched on 29 April 1907. She reached an average speed of 33.91 knots (62.80 km/h; 39.02 mph) over a six-hour run during trials, and was completed in December 1908. Prior to commissioning, Ghurka's armament was reinforced by adding another two 12 pounder guns.
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