HMS Mohawk (1907)
HMS Mohawk on trials in 1907
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| Name: | HMS Mohawk |
| Builder: | J S White |
| Laid down: | 1 May 1906 |
| Launched: | 15 March 1907 |
| Completed: | June 1908 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 1919 |
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| Class and type: | Tribal-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 276 ft 0 in (84.12 m) oa |
| Beam: | 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) |
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| Speed: | 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
| Complement: | 74 |
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HMS Mohawk was a Tribal class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1907 and sold for scrap in 1919.
During the First World War she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla, being damaged by a mine in 1915 and fighting in the Battle of Dover Strait in 1916.
HMS Mohawk was ordered from J. Samuel White under the 1905–06 shipbuilding programme for the Royal Navy, one of five Tribal class destroyers ordered under that 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.
While the Admiralty laid down the basic requirements, the details of the design of individual ships was left to the builders, although the builder's designs did need to be approved by the Director of Naval Construction before orders were placed. This meant that individual ships of the class differed significantly from each other. White's design featured a flush deck and a turtleback forecastle.Mohawk was 276 feet 0 inches (84.12 m) long overall and 270 feet 0 inches (82.30 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 25 feet 0 inches (7.62 m) and a draught of 8 feet 11 inches (2.72 m). Displacement was 865 long tons (879 t) normal and 950 long tons (970 t) deep load. Six White-Foster boilers fed steam to turbines driving three propeller shafts. The main high-pressure turbine drove the centre shaft, with the outer shafts being fitted with low-pressure turbines, together with cruise and astern turbines. Four funnels were fitted. The machinery was rated at 14,500 shaft horsepower (10,800 kW). The ship had a complement of 74 officers and men.
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