HMS Recruit (1916)

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Recruit
Builder: William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland
Launched: 9 December 1916
Completed: April 1917
Fate: Sunk 9 August 1917
General characteristics
Class and type: R-class 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)
Propulsion:
  • 3 boilers
  • 2 geared Brown Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
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
Armament:

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

  1. 1 2 "HMS Recruit". Royal Navy.org. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  3. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 13.
  4. ↑ "Admiralty, First Lord's Papers". Churchill Archive. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  5. 1 2 "HMS Recruit". Wrecksite. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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