H.M.S. Shakespeare
1918
(SeaVee SV-553)
- Class: Shakespeare - 5 destroyer leaderss of 1916-17
- Displacement: 1,480 tons standard / 2,009 tons deep load
- Dimensions: 329 (oa) x 31.5 x 12.5 ft.
- Machinery: Geared turbines: 2 screws, 40,000shp = 36 knots
- Armament: 5-4.7in (5x1), 1-3in AA; 6-21 in. (2x3) T.T.
- Complement: 183
- Builder: Thornycroft
- Laid Down: 2 Oct 1916
- Launched: 7 Jul 1917
- Completed: 10 Oct 1917
- Notes: One of seven destroyer leaders ordered from Thornycroft, but two were cancelled and only two, including Shakespeare, were completed during World War I.
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