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HMS Faulknor (1914)

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History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Faulknor
BuilderJ S White, Cowes
Launched26 February 1914
Commissioned1914
MottoDulcit amor : Patria : 'Love of fatherland leads'
Honours and
awards
FateTransferred to Chile, 1920
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass- destroyer leader
Displacement1,700 tons
Length331 ft (100.9 m)
Beam32.6 ft (9.9 m)
Draught11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion6 White-Forster type water-tube boilers, steam turbines, 3 shafts, 30,000 shp
Speed32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement197
Armament

HMS Faulknor was a British destroyer of the First World War. She was purchased by the Royal Navy whilst still under construction in Britain for the Chilean Navy who had ordered her in 1912 as part of the Template:Sclass-. She was renamed after the Faulknor family of British nineteenth century naval officers.

Faulknor was a large destroyer leader that served throughout the war in the Dover Patrol, a force tasked with preventing German raiding craft gaining access to the English Channel where vulnerable troopships and other targets were constantly available. Faulknor conducted numerous operations against the coastline of German-held Belgium, including participating in both the First and Second Ostend Raid during the spring of 1918.

In 1920, following the end of the war, Faulknor and her surviving sisters were all returned to Chile, where she served as Almirante Riveros until 1933.

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