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HMS Itchen
HMS Itchen in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
HMS Itchen is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
From the Wikipedia article
HMS Itchen was a Laird-type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1901–1902 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Itchen in southern England near Southampton, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.
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Background
Architecture
She was laid down on 18 August 1902 at the Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead and launched on 13 March 1903. She was completed in January 1904. Her original armament was to be the same as the turtleback torpedo boat destroyers that preceded her. In 1906 the Admiralty decided to upgrade the armament by landing the five 6-pounder naval guns and shipping three 12-pounder 8 hundredweight (cwt) guns. Two would be mounted abeam at the forecastle break and the third gun would be mounted on the quarterdeck.
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- Coordinates
- 58.5773, -0.9011
- Address
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Sources
- wikidata: Q16222923 (CC0)
- wikipedia: HMS Itchen (1903) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Itchen?
- HMS Itchen is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom.
- What is HMS Itchen?
- HMS Itchen in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to HMS Itchen?
- Its coordinates are 58.5773°, -0.9011°.