HMS Saracen (1908)

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Saracen
Builder: J S White
Launched: 31 March 1908
Commissioned: 25 June 1908
Fate: Sold for scrap 1919
General characteristics
Class and type: Tribal-class destroyer
Length: 255 ft (78 m)
Beam: 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Speed: 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Armament: 2 × 4 in (102 mm)
2 × single 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Saracen was a Tribal class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1908 and sold in 1919. Originally allocated to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla, during the First World War she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla.

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