HMS Teazer (1917)

HMS Teazer
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Teazer
Ordered: December 1915
Builder: Thornycroft
Laid down: March 1916
Launched: 21 April 1917
Commissioned: July 1917
Fate: Sold 6 February 1931
General characteristics
Class and type: R-class destroyer
Displacement: 1,064 long tons (1,081 t) standard 1,208 long tons (1,227 t) full
Length: 274 ft 3 in (83.6 m)
Beam: 27 ft (324.0 in)
Draught: 11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Range: 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement: 82
Armament:

H.M.S. Teazer was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during World War I. The destroyer was launched in April 1917 and, on trial, proved to be one of the fastest afloat, exceeding 40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h). The ship was kept in reserve after the war and was sold to be scrapped in 1931.

Design

Teazer was one of five destroyers built by Thornycroft of Woolston, Southampton. The ship had a long overall of 274 feet 3 inches (83.59 m) and a length of 265 feet (81 m) between perpendiculars.[1] Displacement was 1,064 long tons (1,081 t) normal and 1,208 long tons (1,227 t) full load. Three Yarrow boilers fed steam to two sets of Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines rated at 29,000 shaft horsepower (22,000 kW) and driving two shafts, giving a design speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph), although Teazer achieved a class-leading speed of 40.22 knots (74.49 km/h; 46.28 mph) during trials.[2][3] Three funnels were fitted. 296 tons of oil were carried, giving a design range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).[4] The vessel had a complement of 82 officers and men.[2]

Armament consisted of three QF 4in Mk IV guns on the ship's centreline. One was mounted on the forecastle, one aft and one between the second and third funnels.[5] The ship also mounted a single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun. Four 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes in two twin rotating mounts were carried. Fire control included a single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock.[6]

Service

Teazer was one of two R-class destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty from Thornycroft in December 1915 as part of the Seventh War Construction Programme alongside Taurus. The vessel was launched on 21 April 1917 and exceeded 40 knots in trials, achieving 40.22 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h).[3] Teazer joined the Harwich Force and served as part of the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla during the war.[7]

After the war, the destroyer remained with the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla.[8] Recommissioned on 16 October 1919 and transferred to Devonport,[9] the vessel was reduced to reserve on 11 August 1920.[10] The destroyer was sold on 6 February 1931 to Cashmore of Newport and scrapped.[11]

Pennant numbers

Pennant Number Date
F71January 1917[12]
F71January 1918

References

  1. ↑ Moore, John Evelyn (1990). Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. London: Random House Group. p. 70. ISBN 1-85170-378-0.
  2. 1 2 Parkes, Oscar; Prendegast, Maurice (1919). Jane’s Fighting Ships. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 107.
  3. 1 2 "Thornycroft "R" Class". The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect. 43: 71. 1921.
  4. ↑ Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the First World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  5. ↑ Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 81. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  6. ↑ "Fire Control in H.M. Ships". The Technical History and Index: Alteration in Armaments of H.M. Ships during the War. 3 (23): 31. 1919.
  7. ↑ "Harwich Force". Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: 13. January 1917. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Harwich Force". Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: 13. January 1919. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Teazer". The Navy List: 871. April 1920. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Teazer". The Navy List: 871. January 1921. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  11. ↑ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: a complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th century to the present. London: Chatham. p. 398.
  12. ↑ Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allen. p. 71. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
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