- HMS Broke (1914)
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Career (United Kingdom) 
Name: HMS Broke Builder: J S White, Cowes Launched: 25 May 1914 Acquired: August 1914 Fate: Resold to Chilean Navy in May 1920
Scrapped in 1933General characteristics Type: Faulknor-class destroyer leader Displacement: 1,700 tons Tons burthen: 1,850 tons Length: 331 ft (101 m) o/a Beam: 32 ft 6 in (9.91 m) Draught: 11 ft (3.4 m) Propulsion: 6 White-Forster type water-tube boilers, steam turbines, 3 shafts, 30,000 shp Speed: 32 knots Range: 403 tons coal, 83 tons oil Complement: 197 - 205 Armament: As Built:
2 × twin tubes for 21 in torpedoes
6 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk VI guns, single mounting P Mk. XI
2 × twin tubes for 21-inch torpedoes
As Re-armed:
2 × BL 4.7-inch (120-mm) L/45 Mark I, single mounting CP Mk. VI
2 × QF 2 pdr pom-pom Mk. II, single mounting HA Mk. II
2 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 QF Mark IV guns, single mounting P Mk. IXFor other ships of the same name, see HMS Broke.HMS Broke was a Faulknor-class destroyer leader of the Royal Navy, initially built for the Chilean Navy as the Almirante Lynch-class destroyer Almirante Goni. The outbreak of the First World War led to her being purchased by the Admiralty in August 1914 shortly after her launching, and renamed HMS Broke. All of the class were present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May to 1 June 1916 where Broke, out of control after hits from German ships, collided with the Acasta-class destroyer HMS Sparrowhawk leading to the latter's loss. The Broke saw action in several battles, and was resold to Chile after the conclusion of the war.
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Construction
Built as the Almirante Goni by J S White, Cowes, HMS Broke was launched on 25 May 1914, and was completed in 1914.
Service
Battle of Jutland
Broke formed part of the 4th destroyer flotilla commanded by Captain Charles Wintour onboard HMS Tipperary. During the night of 31 May the flotilla was stationed behind (north) of the Grand Fleet to guard against German attack and was heading south keeping station with the fleet. At around 23.15 Leading Torpedoman Cox on board High Seas Fleet, which was passing behind the British fleet.[1]
The leading British ships, Tipperary, HMS Spitfire, Sparrowhawk, HMS Garland, Heligoland. The seas abated and the ship was able to head for the Tyne, arriving some two and a half days after the engagement.[6]
Other engagements
In April 1917, Broke - together with another large destroyer leader, HMS Swift - took part in the Battle of Dover Strait, during which Broke was severely damaged. HMS Broke was resold to Chile in May 1920, entering service with them as the Almirante Uribe.
Notes
Bibliography
- Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981, Maurice Cocker, 1983, Ian Allan ISBN 0-7110-1075-7
- Jane's Fighting Ships, 1919, Jane's Publishing
- Nigel Steel; Peter Hart (2003). Jutland 1916. London: Cassell (Orion books). ISBN 030436648-X.
- Geoffrey Bennett (1964). The battle of Jutland. B. T Batsford Ltd..
Chilean NavyDeliveredAppropriated by Royal Navy†Almirante Goni · Almirante Riveros · Almirante Simpson · Royal Navy
Faulknor classChilean Navy
Categories:- Almirante Lynch class destroyers (1912)
- Faulknor class destroyers
- Ships built in the United Kingdom
- 1914 ships
- World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom
- Almirante Williams class destroyers
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