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HMS Achates (1912)
HMS ''Achates'' was an (or K)-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built by the Scottish shipbuilder John Brown & Company, John Brown and was built between 1912 and 1913. Like all ''Acasta''-class destroyers, ''Achates'' was armed with three guns and two torpedo tubes, with a specified speed of . ''Achates'' served throughout the First World War, serving with the Grand Fleet in the early years of the war, and taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Later in the war she served as a convoy escort. She was sold for Ship breaking, scrapping in 1921. Design and construction Under the 1911–1912 shipbuilding programme for the Royal Navy, the British Admiralty ordered 20 s, with 12 to the standard Admiralty design and 8 more builder's specials, with detailed design left to the builders. The Scottish shipbuilder John Brown & Company received an order for three ''Acasta''s (, ''Achates'' and ) under the programme, all to be built to the standard Admiralty design. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brown & Company
John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding firm. It built many notable and world-famous ships including , , , , , and the ''Queen Elizabeth 2''. At its height, from 1900 to the 1950s, it was one of the most highly regarded, and internationally famous, shipbuilding companies in the world. However thereafter, along with other UK shipbuilders, John Brown's found it increasingly difficult to compete with the emerging shipyards in Eastern Europe and the far East. In 1968 John Brown's merged with other Clydeside shipyards to form the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders consortium, but that collapsed in 1971. The company then withdrew from shipbuilding but its engineering arm remained successful in the manufacture of industrial gas turbines. In 1986 it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Trafalgar House, which in 1996 was taken over by Kvaerner. The latter closed the Clydebank engineering works in 2000. Marathon Manufacturing Company bought the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
