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Monday 8 April 2019

British destroyer HMS Ghurka executed her trials according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1908 No. 2

An item reported that the British destroyer HMS Ghurka during a trial of 6 hours had a medium speed of 33,91 knots and on the measured mile was a maximum speed of 34,25 knots achieved. She travelled the 270 miles from Sheerness towards the Tyne in 10 hours. The speed of 27 knots and moderate sea was maintained with 4.5 of the boilers.(1)

Note
1. Of the Tribal-class destroyers, preceded by the River-class and succeeded by the Beagle or G-class. Laid down by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne on 6 February 1906, launched on 29 April 1907, commissioned in December 1908 and sunk after she hit a German mine off Dungeness on 8 February 1917.