Vessel is one of "Acasta" class of destroyers, and has designed speed of 35 knots at output of 34,000 s.hp.; displacement is 1330 tons, with length of 312 ft. b.p.; armament comprises four 4. 7-in. guns, two 2-pounder pom-poms, 5 machine guns, and eight 21-in. torpedo tubes; propelling machinery is arranged on two shafts, driving unit of each, consisting of 4 high-speed turbines coupled to shaft through reduction gearing. (See also Engineer, vol. 151, no. 3937, June 26, 1931, pp. 699-701, 7 figs. partly on supp. plate; Mar. Engr. and Motorship Bldr., vol. 54, no. 646, July 1931, pp. 247-249, 4 figs.; Mar. Eng. and Shipg. Age, vol. 36, no. 9, Sept. 1931, pp. 417-418, 3 figs.; and Power Engr., vol. 26, no. 305, Aug. 1931, pp. 291-293, 3 figs)
H.M.S. Acheron
Shipbldg Shipg. Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 37 , n 26
1931
5 pages
7 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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