Faulknor-class flotilla leader

For other uses, see Faulknor (disambiguation).

Class overview
HMS Broke
Operators:	Royal Navy Chilean Navy
Preceded by:	Medea class
Succeeded by:	Marksman class
Completed:	4
Lost:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Faulknor-class destroyer leader
Displacement:	1,700 tons
Tons burthen:	1,850 tons
Length:	331 ft (101 m) o/a
Beam:	32 ft 6 in (9.91 m)
Draught:	11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion:	6× White-Forster boilers, steam turbines, 3 shafts, 30,000 shp
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range:	403 tons coal, 83 tons oil
Complement:	197 - 205
Armament:	As built: 6 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk VI guns, single mounting P Mk. XI 2 × twin tubes for 21-inch torpedoes (4 × single in Botha) As re-armed: 2 × BL 4.7-inch (120-mm) L/45 Mark I, single mounting CP Mk. VI 2 × QF 2-pounder pom-pom Mk. II, single mounting HA Mk. II 2 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 QF Mark IV guns, single mounting P Mk. IX 2 × twin tubes for 21-in torpedoes

The Faulknor class were a class of flotilla leaders that were under construction in the United Kingdom for the Chilean Navy at the outbreak of World War I. These ships were purchased by the British, taken over and completed for the Royal Navy for wartime service. In common with Royal Navy convention, they were named after famous Royal Navy captains of the past, in this case the members of the Faulknor family.

Design

The six Almirante Lynch-class destroyers were a private design by J. Samuel White that were significantly larger and heavier armed than their contemporaries. They had four funnels, a tall, narrow fore funnel and three broad, short funnels behind. They were initially armed with six single QF 4-inch guns, unusually arranged with four on the forecastle - two sided in front of the wheelhouse and two sided abreast it - the remaining pair being sided on the quarterdeck. These guns were of a novel Elswick design for the Chileans and when the ships were rearmed they were replaced with standard Royal Navy models. As rearmed in 1918 they carried a BL 4.7-inch gun on the forecastle and another on a bandstand between the after pair of funnels, retained the pair of 4-inch (100 mm) guns abreast the wheelhouse and had two QF 2-pounder pom-poms.

The four ships taken over by the Royal Navy were returned to the friendly nation of Chile in 1920, at which point the Thornycroft type leader Rooke was renamed Broke to maintain this famous name (that of Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke of the Shannon) in the Navy List.

Service

All of the class were present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May to 1 June 1916 where Broke collided with and sank the Acasta-class destroyer Sparrowhawk. Also in this action, Tipperary, serving with the 4th Destroyer Flotilla, was hit by 5.9-inch (150 mm) fire from the secondary battery of the German dreadnought Westfalen and sank with the loss of 185 hands from her crew of 197.

In April 1917, Broke took part in an action known as the Battle of Dover Strait with equally large singleton Swift during which she was damaged.

Botha was damaged in the English Channel on 21 March 1918 off the coast of Flanders when she rammed and sank the German torpedo boat A-19 and was then torpedoed in error by the French destroyer Capitaine Mehl.

Ships

Name	Ship Builder	Launched	Completed	Fate
Faulknor (ex-Almirante Simpson)	J S White, Cowes	February 26, 1914	Completed 1914	Returned to Chile 1920
Broke (ex-Almirante Goñi)	J S White, Cowes	May 25, 1914	1914	Returned to Chile 1920
Botha (ex-Almirante Williams Rebolledo)	J S White, Cowes	2 December 1914	1915	Returned to Chile 1920
Tipperary (ex-Almirante Riveros)	J S White, Cowes	March 5 1915	1915	Sunk by gunfire at Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916

Bibliography

Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981, Maurice Cocker, 1983, Ian Allan ISBN 0-7110-1075-7
Jane's Fighting Ships, 1919, Jane's Publishing

Almirante Lynch-class destroyers / Almirante Williams-class destroyers

Chilean Navy Almirante Lynch class Delivered 1913-14	Almirante Lynch Almirante Condell

Royal Navy Faulknor class Appropriated by Royal Navy in 1914	Faulknor (ex-Almirante Simpson) Broke (ex-Almirante Goñi) Botha (ex-Almirante Williams) Tipperary (ex-Almirante Riveros)

Chilean Navy Almirante Williams class Delivered 1920	Almirante Riveros (ex-Faulknor) Almirante Uribe (ex-Broke) Almirante Williams (ex-Botha)

Preceded by: Capitán Merino Jarpa class Followed by: Serrano class

List of destroyers of the Chilean Navy List of destroyers of the Royal Navy

British naval ship classes of the First World War

Aircraft/Seaplane carriers	Empress^S^V Riviera^S^V Engadine^S^V Ark Royal^S Ben-my-Chree^S^V Campania^S^V Raven II^S^V Anne^S^V Vindex^S^V Manxman^S^V Furious^M Pegasus^S^V Nairana^S^V Argus^S^V Vindictive^S^V

Dreadnought battleships	Dreadnought^S Bellerophon St Vincent Neptune^S Colossus Orion King George V Erin^S Agincourt^S Iron Duke Canada^S Queen Elizabeth Revenge

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Royal Sovereign Majestic Canopus Formidable Duncan King Edward VII Swiftsure Lord Nelson

Battlecruisers	Invincible Indefatigable Lion Queen Mary^S Tiger^S Renown Courageous Admiral^S^C Incomparable^X

Armoured cruisers	Cressy Drake Monmouth Devonshire Duke of Edinburgh Warrior Minotaur

Heavy cruisers	Hawkins

Light cruisers	Town^G Arethusa C^{G, C} Danae^C Emerald^A

Protected cruisers	Apollo Astraea Eclipse Blake Pearl Edgar Powerful Diadem Arrogant Pelorus Highflyer Challenger Topaze

Scout cruisers	Adventure Forward Pathfinder Sentinel Boadicea Blonde Active

Destroyer flotilla leaders	Swift^S Faulknor Marksman Parker Admiralty (or Scott)^C Thornycroft (or Shakespeare)^C

Destroyers	A^G B^G C^G D^G E^G F Cricket^G G H I K L Admiralty M Hawthorn M Thornycroft M Yarrow M Yarrow Later M R^G S^{G, C} Talisman V and W^{G, C}

Monitors	Marshal Ney Abercrombie Lord Clive Humber Gorgon M15 M29 Erebus

Minesweepers	Flower Racecourse Hunt 24^C

Gunboats	Fly Insect

Submarines	A B C D E F G H^C J K L^C M^C R^C Swordfish^S V

A All completed after the war C One or more completed after the war G Grouping of several classes M converted from Courageous class S Single ship of class V Conversions X Cancelled

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Faulknor-class flotilla leader

Design

Service

Ships

See also

Bibliography