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HMS Laforey (1913)
HMS ''Laforey'' was the lead ship of her class of destroyer built for the Royal Navy. Launched a year before the First World War began, she was attached to the Dover Patrol. ''Laforey'' saw action in several engagements with German torpedo boats, including the Battle off Noordhinder Bank and the Action of 17 March 1917. ''Laforey'' was sunk in 1917 by a British mine〔(HMS Laforey (+1917) )〕 after escorting several freighters to France. She was named for Francis Laforey, captain of at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
==Construction and design==
On 29 March 1912, the British Admiralty placed orders for the first 16 destroyers of the L- (later to become the ). Four of these ships were ordered from Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, including the lead ship, to be named ''Florizel''. ''Florizel'' was laid down at Fairfield's Govan, Glasgow shipyard on 9 September 1912 and launched on 22 August 1913.〔Friedman 2009, p. 130.〕〔Friedman 2009, p. 307.〕 On 30 September 1913, the Admiralty ordered that the L-class be renamed with names beginning with the letter "L", and ''Florizel'' was renamed ''Laforey''.〔Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 76.〕 ''Laforey'' was completed in February 1914.〔
''Laforey'' was long overall and between perpendiculars, with a beam of and a draught of . Displacement was normal and full load.〔 Four Yarrow boilers fed steam at to two sets of Brown-Curtis direct-drive steam turbine which, in turn, drove two propeller shafts, with a rated power of ,〔〔Friedman 2009, p. 128.〕 and a design speed of at full load,〔 with a speed of reached during sea trials.〔 Crew was 73 officers and men.〔
The ship's main gun armament consisted of three s on the ship's centreline, with 120 rounds per gun. The ship carried two twin torpedo tubes, and was fitted with rails to carry four Vickers Elia Mk IV naval mines, although these rails were never used.〔〔Friedman 2009, p. 296.〕
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