HMS Phoenix (1911)
HMS Phoenix | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Phoenix |
| Builder | Vickers Limited of Barrow-in-Furness |
| Launched | 9 October 1911 |
| Fate | Sunk on 14 May 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Acheron-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 990 tons |
| Length | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Beam | 7.8 m (26 ft) |
| Draught | 2.7 m (8.9 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Complement | 72 |
| Armament |
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HMS Phoenix was an Acheron-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She is named for the mythical bird, and was the fifteenth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was the only British warship ever to be sunk by the Austro-Hungarian Navy.