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'''H.M.S. ''Acasta''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|Acasta class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Acasta''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
  
 
==Service==
 
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In July 1918, the ship was attached to {{UK-Vernon}} in Portsmouth.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (July, 1918).  p. 16.</ref>
 
In July 1918, the ship was attached to {{UK-Vernon}} in Portsmouth.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (July, 1918).  p. 16.</ref>
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In 1919, she tested the experimental {{Torp|21-in Mark VI|UK}} from a special tube.  It was a notable failure and further work was abandoned.{{ARTS1919|p. 13}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 16:34, 1 August 2013

H.M.S. Acasta (1912)
Pendant Number: H.59 (1914)
H.00 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Launched: 10 Sep, 1912[3]
Sold: May, 1921[4]

H.M.S. Acasta was one of 20 destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

In July 1918, the ship was attached to Vernon in Portsmouth.[5]

In 1919, she tested the experimental 21-in Mark VI torpedo from a special tube. It was a notable failure and further work was abandoned.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (July, 1918). p. 16.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1919. p. 13.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 266.

Bibliography


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