HMS Bruce

HMS Bruce
History
UK
Name	HMS Bruce
Namesake	Robert the Bruce
Ordered	April 1916
Laid down	12 May 1917
Launched	26 February 1918
Commissioned	29 May 1918
Fate	Sunk as target off the Isle of Wight, 22 November 1939
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty type destroyer leader
Displacement	1,801 long tons (1,830 t)
Length	332 ft 6 in (101.35 m)
Beam	31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Installed power	40,000 ihp (30,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × steam engines 2 × shafts
Speed	36.5 kn (42.0 mph; 67.6 km/h)
Range	5,000 nmi (5,800 mi; 9,300 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Complement	164-183
Armament	5 × BL 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk I guns 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Bruce was the second of eight Admiralty type flotilla leaders of the Royal Navy. Built by Cammell Laird, Bruce was commissioned on 29 May 1918. During World War I, she served with the 10th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich. She was sunk as a target ship on 22 November 1939.

References

• Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the First World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
• Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
• Lenton, H. T. (1970). British Fleet and Escort Destroyers: Volume One. London: Macdonald & Co. ISBN 0-356-02950-6.
• Preston, Antony (1971). 'V & W' Class Destroyers 1917-1945. London: Macdonald. OCLC 464542895.