HMS Recruit (1916)
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Name | HMS Recruit |
Builder | William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland |
Launched | 9 December 1916 |
Completed | April 1917 |
Fate | Sunk 9 August 1917 |
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Class and type | Template:Sclass2- destroyer |
Displacement | 975 long tons (991 t) |
Length | 276 ft (84.1 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
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Speed | 36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h) |
Range | 3,440 nmi (6,370 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
Complement | 82 |
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HMS Recruit was a Royal Navy R-class destroyer constructed and then operational in the First World War.[1]
The destroyer was constructed by William Doxford & Sons and launched on 9 December 1916.[2] The ship was completed in April 1917. The ship was 276 ft (84.1 m) in length, with a beam of 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m), a displacement of 975 long tons (991 t) standard and an average crew complement of 82.[1]
In May 1917 the vessel was assigned to the tenth destroyer force as part of Harwich Force.[3] The destroyer was sunk by a torpedo from German U-boat SM UB-16 in 1917.[4][5] The sinking occurred in the North Sea 3 miles north of the North Hinder light vessel, with 54 persons lost.[5]
References
- ^ a b "HMS Recruit". Royal Navy.org. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
- ^ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 13.
- ^ "Admiralty, First Lord's Papers". Churchill Archive. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ a b "HMS Recruit". Wrecksite. Retrieved 18 February 2017.