Beagle-class destroyer

	HMS Scourge at sea, 1914
Class overview
Name	Beagle class (or G class)
Builders	John Brown & Company; J. Samuel White & Company; Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company; Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company; William Denny & Brothers; Cammell Laird & Company; Harland & Wolff; R. W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company; John I. Thornycroft & Company;
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Tribal class
Succeeded by	Acorn class
Built	1909 – 1910
In commission	1910 – 1921
Completed	16
Lost	3
Scrapped	13
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	860–940 long tons (874–955 t)
Length	275 ft (83.8 m)
Beam	27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power	12,500 hp (9,300 kW)
Propulsion	Coal-fired boilers, 2 or 3 shaft steam turbines
Speed	27 knots (50.0 km/h; 31.1 mph)
Complement	96
Armament	1 × BL 4-inch (102 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V; 3 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I; 2 × single 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

The Beagle class (officially redesignated as the G class in 1913) was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy, all ordered under the 1908-1909 programme and launched in 1909 and 1910. The Beagles served during World War I, particularly during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915.

Class overview
HMS Scourge at sea, 1914
Name	Beagle class (or G class)
Builders	John Brown & Company J. Samuel White & Company Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company William Denny & Brothers Cammell Laird & Company Harland & Wolff R. W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company John I. Thornycroft & Company
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Tribal class
Succeeded by	Acorn class
Built	1909 – 1910
In commission	1910 – 1921
Completed	16
Lost	3
Scrapped	13
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	860–940 long tons (874–955 t)
Length	275 ft (83.8 m)
Beam	27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power	12,500 hp (9,300 kW)
Propulsion	Coal-fired boilers, 2 or 3 shaft steam turbines
Speed	27 knots (50.0 km/h; 31.1 mph)
Complement	96
Armament	1 × BL 4-inch (102 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V 3 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I 2 × single 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

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Beagle-class destroyer

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