H.M.S. Broke (1914)

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H.M.S. Broke (1914)
Pendant Number: H.98 (1914)
H.23 (Jan 1918)
D.10 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: J. S. White[2]
Launched: 25 May, 1914[3]
To Chile: May, 1920[4]

H.M.S. Broke was one of four Faulknor class flotilla leaders.

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

Performance

Armament

4-in and 6-in Guns

Torpedoes

21-in torpedoes

The ship was equipped with Service single revolving tubes and used side-lug torpedoes. At outbreak of war, one Weymouth Mark III* (then being tested) and six Weymouth Mark II (then being intended for Japanese purchase) were given to Broke. The Mark II torpedoes had settings for 38 knots to 3,500 metres and 25 knots to 10,000 metres.[5]

Fire Control

Rangefinders

Torpedo Control

Radio

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 65.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 65.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1914, pp. 10-12.

Bibliography

  • March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).


Faulknor Class Flotilla Leader
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