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Monday, 9 March 2026

British destroyer HMS Racoon 1909-1918

Sister ship HMS Rattlesnake. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Beagle- or G-class preceded by Tribal or F-class succeeded by Acorn- or H-class

Part of Beagle- or G-class preceded by Tribal or F-class succeeded by Acorn- or H-class. This class was built by several shipyards on base of a loose specification leaving the details to the builder. Laid down by Cammell Laird&Company, Birkenhead, England on 1 May 1909, launched on 15 February 1910, completed in October 1910 and wrecked on the Irish coast due to a blizzard on 9 January 1918. 

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