The ''Star''-class destroyer was a class of eight

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s that served in the British

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: , , , , , , and , were all three-funnelled C-class destroyers, as designated in the reorganisation of classes in 1913. ''Chamois'' foundered in 1904; the other ships served during the

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and were broken up in 1919. They were built by Palmer's Shipbuilding Company, were 215 feet long and displaced 360 tons. Their Reed boilers produced which gave them . They were armed, as was standard, with one

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and two torpedo tubes. They carried a complement of 63 officers and men. The boats had funnel caps and the steam pipes of the middle funnel were not in the centre line. They served in the Mediterranean and home waters.

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* Destroyer classes Ship classes of the Royal Navy {{UK-navy-stub