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''Archer'' and [[HMS Attack (1911)|''Attack'']] used steam at higher pressures than the other ''Acheron''-class destroyers and consequently were faster than the standard Admiralty-designed members of their class. Achieving {{convert|31|kn|km/h}}<ref name=Janes/> on trials, she carried two {{convert|4|in|mm|0|sing=on}} guns, other smaller guns and {{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on}} torpedo tubes and had a complement of 70 men.
''Archer'' and [[HMS Attack (1911)|''Attack'']] used steam at higher pressures than the other ''Acheron''-class destroyers and consequently were faster than the standard Admiralty-designed members of their class. Achieving {{convert|31|kn|km/h}}<ref name=Janes/> on trials, she carried two {{convert|4|in|mm|0|sing=on}} guns, other smaller guns and {{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on}} torpedo tubes and had a complement of 70 men.


==Pennant Numbers==
==Pennant numbers==
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As part of the [[Harwich Force]], the First Destroyer Flotilla took part in the [[Battle of Heligoland Bight]] on 28 August 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/heligoland-oob.html|title=Heligoland Bight - Order of Battle|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>
As part of the [[Harwich Force]], the First Destroyer Flotilla took part in the [[Battle of Heligoland Bight]] on 28 August 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/heligoland-oob.html|title=Heligoland Bight - Order of Battle|accessdate=2008-10-17}}</ref>


===Mediterranean Service===
===Mediterranean service===
From 1917 the Third Battle Squadron was deployed to the Mediterranean. ''Archer'' was present at the entry of the Allied Fleet through the Dardanelles on 12 November 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/db/download.php?CISOROOT=/gwa&CISOPTR=5751|title=The Entry of the Allied Fleet through the Dardanelles|publisher=Oxford University|author=S E Brooks|accessdate=2009-11-11}}</ref>
From 1917 the Third Battle Squadron was deployed to the Mediterranean. ''Archer'' was present at the entry of the Allied fleet through the Dardanelles on 12 November 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/db/download.php?CISOROOT=/gwa&CISOPTR=5751|title=The Entry of the Allied Fleet through the Dardanelles|publisher=Oxford University|author=S E Brooks|accessdate=2009-11-11}}</ref>


==Disposal==
==Disposal==

Revision as of 10:21, 11 June 2011

HMS Archer
HMS Archer
History
Royal Navy EnsignUK
NameHMS Archer
BuilderYarrow & Company, Scotstoun
Yard number1296[1]
Launched21 October 1911[2]
FateSold 1921[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeAcheron-class destroyer
Displacement770 tons
Length75 m (246 ft)
Beam7.9 m (26 ft)
Draught2.6 m (8.5 ft)
Propulsionlist error: <br /> list (help)
Brown-Curtis turbines
Three Yarrow boilers (oil fired)
16,000 shp[3]
Speed31 kn (57 km/h)[3]
Complement70
Armamentlist error: mixed text and list (help)
Destroyers of the Harwich Flotilla
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Archer.

HMS Archer was an Acheron-class destroyer built in 1911, which served during World War I and was sold in 1921. She was the fourth ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.

Construction

She was laid down at the Yarrow & Company yard in Scotstoun, Glasgow, and was launched on 21 October 1911.

Archer and Attack used steam at higher pressures than the other Acheron-class destroyers and consequently were faster than the standard Admiralty-designed members of their class. Achieving 31 knots (57 km/h)[3] on trials, she carried two 4-inch (102 mm) guns, other smaller guns and 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes and had a complement of 70 men.

Pennant numbers

Pennant Number[4] From To
H10 6 December 1914   1 September 1915
H29 1 September 1915 1 January 1918
H06 1 January 1918 Sold 9 May 1921

Career

As part of the First Destroyer Flotilla, she was attached to the Grand Fleet in August 1914, and then to the Third Battle Squadron from the spring of 1916.[2]

Battle of Heligoland Bight

As part of the Harwich Force, the First Destroyer Flotilla took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914.[5]

Mediterranean service

From 1917 the Third Battle Squadron was deployed to the Mediterranean. Archer was present at the entry of the Allied fleet through the Dardanelles on 12 November 1918.[6]

Disposal

She was sold to Ward on 9 May 1921 for breaking.[4]

HMS Archer in fiction

In Out of Time, a J D Stanton Mystery by Alton Gansky,[7] the World War I Archer forms the scene of an adventure in which three adults and five teenagers find themselves lost in time after a storm at sea.

References

  1. ^ "HMS Archer - Clydebuilt ships database". Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  2. ^ a b c "Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk website - Acheron Class". Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  3. ^ a b c "I-class destroyers (extract from Jane's Fighting Ships of 1919)". Retrieved 2008-10-19.
  4. ^ a b ""Arrowsmith" List: Royal Navy WWI Destroyer Pendant Numbers". Retrieved 2008-11-03.
  5. ^ "Heligoland Bight - Order of Battle". Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  6. ^ S E Brooks. "The Entry of the Allied Fleet through the Dardanelles". Oxford University. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  7. ^ Out of Time, J D Stanton Mysteries #3, by Alton Gansky, Zondervan, 2003, ISBN 9780310249597


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