Acheron-class destroyer
Name Ship Builder Launched Fate
Defender William Denny & Brothers , Dumbarton 30 August 1911 Sold 4 November 1921
Druid William Denny & Brothers , Dumbarton 4 December 1911 Sold 9 May 1921
Ferret J. Samuel White & Company , Cowes 12 April 1911 Converted to fast minelayer in 1917 . Sold May 1921
Forester J. Samuel White & Company , Cowes 1 June 1911 Sold November 1921
Goshawk William Beardmore & Company , Dalmuir 18 October 1911 Sold November 1921
Hind John Brown & Company , Clydebank 28 July 1911 Sold 9 May 1921
Hornet John Brown & Company , Clydebank 20 December 1911 Sold 9 May 1921
Hydra John Brown & Company , Clydebank 19 February 1912 Sold 9 May 1921
Jackal R. W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company , Hebburn 9 September 1911 Sold September 1920
Lapwing Cammell Laird & Company , Birkenhead 29 July 1911 Sold October 1921
Lizard Cammell Laird & Company , Birkenhead 10 October 1911 Sold 4 November 1921
Phoenix Vickers , Barrow-in-Furness 9 October 1911 Torpedoed by the Austro-Hungarian submarine U-27 in the Adriatic Sea on 14 May 1918
Sandfly Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson , Wallsend 26 July 1911 Converted to fast minelayer in 1917 . Sold May 1921
Tigress R. W. Hawthorn Leslie & Company , Hebburn 20 December 1911 Sold 9 May 1921
Ships -- Admiralty I class
The Acheron class (officially re-designated as the I class in October 1913) was a class of twenty-three destroyers of the British Royal Navy, all built under the 1910-11 Programme and completed between 1911 and 1912, which served during World War I. A further six ships were built to the same design for the Royal Australian Navy as River-class destroyers. There was considerable variation between the design and construction of ships within this class, which should be considered as more of a post-build grouping than a homogeneous class.