HMS Ithuriel (1916)

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Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	14 January 1915 at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England
Launched:	8 March 1916
Commissioned:
Decommissioned:
Fate:	Sold for scrapping 8 November 1921 and broken up in Germany
Struck:
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,655 tons
Length:	325 ft
Beam:	31.75 ft
Draught:	11.75 ft
Propulsion:	Oil-fired Yarrow boilers driving twin steam turbines, twin screw 36,000 HP
Speed:	34 knots maximum
Range:
Complement:	106-116
Armament:	2 x 4 in guns, 2 pairs of 21 inch torpedo tubes (total 4), 2 x 2 pounder anti-aircraft guns
Armour:	None

HMS Ithuriel was a Marksman class destroyer flotilla leader. Originally to have been named Gabriel, the name was changed before her launch.

See HMS Ithuriel for other ships of this name.

[edit] References

• Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475. 
• (1990) Janes fighting ships of World War I. Studio Editions, 67. ISBN 1-85170-378-0. 
• www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk - RN Destroyers before 1900