HMS Spitfire (1912)

	Spitfire after having been rammed by the German battleship Nassau during the Battle of Jutland
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Spitfire
Builder	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend
Launched	23 December 1912
Fate	Sold for scrapping on 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Acasta-class destroyer
Length	267 ft 6 in (81.53 m)
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion	Yarrow-type water-tube boilers, Parsons steam turbines
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX; 1 × QF 2-pdr pom-pom Mk. II; 2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes;

HMS Spitfire was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Spitfire took part in the battle of Jutland in 1916.

History
Spitfire after having been rammed by the German battleship Nassau during the Battle of Jutland
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Spitfire
Builder	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend
Launched	23 December 1912
Fate	Sold for scrapping on 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Acasta-class destroyer
Length	267 ft 6 in (81.53 m)
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion	Yarrow-type water-tube boilers, Parsons steam turbines
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX 1 × QF 2-pdr pom-pom Mk. II 2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes