HMS Vectis F-06 / D-51

Type:
Destroyer
Class:
V
Builder:
J. Samuel White & Company
Cowes, Isle of Wight, U.K.
Pennant Number:
F-06
D-51 (1920)
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
September 4, 1917
Keel Laid:
December 7, 1917
Completed:
December 5, 1917
Fate:
Turned over to Thomas W. Ward Aug. 25, 1926 as partial payment for Majestic, scrapped
at Inverkeithing, Scotland.


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
312'
Engines:
2 Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines
Beam:
29' 6"
Boilers:
3 White-Forster
Draft:
9' (std) / 11' 9" (max)
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
1,272 (std) / 1,339 (full)
HP:
27,000
Speed:
34 knots (light) / 31 knots (full)
Crew:
110
Range:
N/A


Armament as built
Guns
Number
Type
Arrangement
4
4"/45 (102mm)
Single mounts
1
3"/40 (76mm)
Single mount
4
Lewis machine guns
Torpedo Tubes
Number
Size
Launch platform / reloads
4 (a)
21" (533mm)
2 twin launchers
Notes
(a):
6 tubes after 1920, twin mounts replaced with triple launchers.


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Apr. 9, 2010