HMS Lassoo (1915)
{{short description|Destroyer of the Royal Navy}}
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{{Use British English|date=November 2016}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name=HMS Lassoo |Ship builder=William Beardmore & Company, Dalmuir |Ship launched=24 August 1915 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship fate=Sunk 13 August 1916 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Laforey|destroyer | |1913}}
|Ship displacement={{convert|965 |
| 1010|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship length={{convert|268|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} o/a |Ship beam={{convert|27|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|10|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship power=*{{convert|24500|shp|lk=in|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 Shafts; 2 steam turbines |Ship speed= {{convert|29|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= {{convert|1720|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}} |Ship complement=74 |Ship armament=*3 × QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII
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HMS Lassoo was a {{sclass|Laforey|destroyer|||1913}} built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s.
Description
The Laforey class were improved and faster versions of the preceding {{sclass|Acasta|destroyer|4}}.Friedman, p. 129 They displaced {{convert|965|-|1010|LT|t|0}}. The ships had an overall length of {{convert|268|ft|10|in|m|1}}, a beam of {{convert|27|ft|8|in|m|1}} and a draught of {{convert|10|ft|6|in|m|1}}. Lassoo was powered by two Parsons direct-drive steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four Yarrow boilers.Gardiner & Gray, p. 76 The turbines developed a total of {{convert|24500|shp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|29|kn|lk=in}}. The ships carried a maximum of {{convert|280|LT|t}} of fuel oil that gave them a range of {{convert|1750|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}. The ships' complement was 74 officers and ratings.Friedman, p. 296
The ships were armed with three single QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII and two QF 1.5-pounder (37 mm) anti-aircraft guns. These latter guns were later replaced by a pair of QF 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns. The ships were also fitted with two above-water twin mounts for British 21-inch torpedo.
Construction and service
She was built during the First World War as part of an emergency program of naval construction, to an Admiralty design by William Beardmore & Company, Dalmuir. She was originally to have been named Magic but she was renamed Lassoo on 15 February 1915 before being launched on 24 August 1915. She was sunk by the German U-boat {{SMU|UB-10}} on 13 August 1916 off the Maas lightship in the North Sea.
Notes
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Bibliography
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book|last1=Dittmar|first1=F.J.|last2=Colledge|first2=J.J.|title=British Warships 1914–1919|year=1972|publisher=Ian Allan|location=Shepperton, UK|isbn=0-7110-0380-7 |name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War|year=2009|location=Barnsley, UK|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|isbn=978-1-84832-049-9}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Gray|first2=Randal|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-245-5 |name-list-style=amp}}
{{L class destroyers (1913)}}
{{August 1916 shipwrecks}}
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Category:Laforey-class destroyers (1913)
Category:Ships built on the River Clyde
Category:World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I