H.M. torpedo-boat destroyer Imperial, constructed by Messrs. R. and Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at their Hepburn-on-Tyne shipbuilding yard, to the order of the Admiralty, was handed over on June 30, after' a successful series "of trials, She is one of eight vessels ordered under the 1935 Naval Programme: her overall length is 323 ft. and her displacement about 1,350 tons, The propelling machinery comprises two independent sets of single-reduction geared turbines of the Jatest Parson§ type, driving two screws, An astern turbine is incorporated in each low-pressure turbine, and provision is made in the high-pressure turbines to ensure a high degree of efficiency over a wide range of cruising powers.
The machinery is designed to develop a total of 34,000 s.h.p,, and..steam at 350 1b. per square inch pressure is supplied by three oil-fired water-tube boilers of the three-drum type arranged in separate boiler rooms, H.MS. Imperial is a sister ship of H.M.S. Imogen, handed over by Messrs, Hawthorn, Leslieon June 2, and is the Fist war vessel constructed by them for the British Admiralty,
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