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HMS ''Hoste'' was a ''Parker''-class flotilla leader of the Royal Navy. She was built by Cammell Laird during the First World War, completing on 13 November 1916, but was lost in a collision with the destroyer on 21 December that year. ==Construction and design== In July 1915, the British Admiralty ordered three s (i.e. large destroyers intended to lead flotillas of smaller destroyers in action), ''Hoste'', and , from the Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird. The ''Parker''-class was an improved version of the earlier with the ships' bridge moved rearwards, and an improved gun layout.〔Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 80.〕〔Friedman 2009, p. 157.〕 The ''Parker''s were long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of .〔〔Moore 1990, p. 67.〕 Displacement was between and normal and about full load.〔 Four Yarrow boilers fed steam to three sets of Parsons steam turbines, rated at and giving a speed of . Three funnels were fitted.〔 of oil fuel were carried, giving a range of at .〔Friedman 2009, p. 149.〕 The ship's main gun armament consisted of four mounted on the ships centreline, with the forward two guns superfiring so that one could fire over the other, with one gun between the second and third funnel and one aft.〔〔 Two 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns were fitted, while torpedo armament consisted of two sets of twin 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes.〔 The standard anti-submarine armament for flotilla leaders such as ''Hoste'' from June 1916 onwards was two Type D depth charges on chutes. This was not increased until after ''Hoste''s loss.〔Friedman 2009, p. 151.〕 The ship's complement was 116 officers and men.〔 ''Hoste'' was launched on 16 August 1916 and commissioned on 13 November 1916.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Hoste (1916)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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