The Star-class destroyer was a class of eight destroyer

Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...

s that served in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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: , , , , , , and , were all three-funnelled C-class destroyers

C class destroyer

Three classes of destroyer of the Royal Navy have been known as the C class:* The C class of destroyers launched from 1894 and 1901 and reclassified in 1913.* Five ships of the C and D class, all launched in 1931, are known as the "C class"....

, as designated in the reorganisation of classes in 1913. HMS Chamois foundered in 1904; the other ships served during the Great War

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 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 5,900 HP which gave them 30 knots. They were armed, as was standard, with one 12-pounder gun

QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun

The QF 12 pounder 12 cwt gun was a common calibre naval gun introduced in 1894 and used until the middle of the 20th century. It was produced by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick and used on Royal Navy warships, and exported to allied countries...

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.