HMS Wolverine (1910)
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| Name: | HMS Wolverine |
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird |
| Launched: | 15 January 1910 |
| Fate: | Sunk in collision 12 December 1917 |
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| Class and type: | Beagle class destroyer |
| Length: | 274 ft (84 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h) @ 12,500 hp (9,300 kW) |
| Complement: | 96 |
| Armament: | 1 × 4 inch (102 mm) gun 3 × 12 pdr (5 kg) gun 1 × 3 pdr (1.4 kg) anti-aircraft gun 2 × 22 inch (559 mm) torpedo tubes |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Wolverine.
HMS Wolverine was a Beagle-class coal-burning destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 15 January 1910. At the outbreak of the First World War, Wolverine was part of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Destroyer Flotilla involved in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser SMS Goeben.
In 1915, along with numerous other Beagle, River and Laforey-class destroyers, she took part in the naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign. Work included naval artillery support and the landing of infantry reinforcements, particular at the exposed Anzac Cove beachhead.
On 12 December 1917 Wolverine sank following a collision with the fleet sweeping sloop Rosemary off the northwest coast of Ireland.
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