Sold for Scrap 1935
HMS Castor
Built Cammell Laird, laid down October 1914, completed November 1915.
Size:
Length 420 feet pp 446 feet overall, beam 41 feet 6 inches, draught 14 feet 9 inches, displacement 4,320 tons normal 4,799 deep load.
Propulsion:
4 shaft Parsons/Brown-Curtis turbines, 40,000 shp, 29 knots
Armour:
3-1.5in belt, 1in decks
Armament:
2 x 6in 45cal Mk XIII (2 x 1), 8 x 4in 45cal Mk IV (8 x 1), 1 x 13 pounder, 2 x 21in TT
Comments:
Crew 323.
HMS Castor World War 1 Service:
Leader 11 Destroyer Flotilla Grand Fleet.
31 May-1 May 1916 Took part in the Battle of Jutland.
1935 Sold for scrap.