Acorn-class destroyer

	HMS Fury
Class overview
Builders	John Brown and Company; William Denny & Brothers; Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company; R. W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company; Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson; A. & J. Inglis; John I. Thornycroft & Company; J. Samuel White & Company;
Operators	Royal Navy; Imperial Japanese Navy;
Preceded by	Beagle class
Succeeded by	Acheron class
Built	1910–1911
In commission	1910–1921
Completed	20
Lost	3
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	730 to 780 tons
Length	246 ft 6 in (75.13 m)
Beam	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught	7 ft (2.1 m)–10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	Oil-fired boilers; 3 shaft steam turbines; 13,500 shp (10,067 kW);
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h)
Endurance	170 tons oil
Complement	72
Armament	2 × BL 4-inch (102 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V; 2 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I mounting P Mark I; 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

The Acorn class (officially redesignated the H class in 1913) was a class of twenty destroyers of the Royal Navy all built under the 1909-1910 Programme, and completed between 1910 and 1911. The Acorns served during World War I.

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