HMS Douglas

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Douglas
Ordered	July 1916
Builder	Cammell Laird
Laid down	30 June 1917
Launched	20 February 1918
Commissioned	2 September 1918
Out of service	Paid off into reserve, February 1945
Fate	Sold for scrap on 20 March 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty type destroyer leader
Displacement	1,580 long tons (1,610 t) Normal 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) deep load
Length	332 ft 6 in (101.35 m)
Beam	31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Installed power	40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × steam engines 2 × shafts
Speed	36.5 kn (42.0 mph; 67.6 km/h)
Range	5,000 nmi (5,800 mi; 9,300 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement	164-183
Armament	5 × BL 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk I guns 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Douglas was an Admiralty type flotilla leader (also known as the Scott-class) of the British Royal Navy. Built by Cammell Laird, Douglas commissioned in 1918, just before the end of the First World War. During the Second World War, Douglas served with Force H out of Gibraltar and as a convoy escort. She was sold for scrap in March 1945.