HMS Recruit (1916)

HMS Recruit was a Royal Navy R-class destroyer constructed and then operational in the First World War.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Recruit.

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:
  • 3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns
  • 1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun
  • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2)

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] The sinking occurred in the North Sea 3 miles north of the North Hinder light vessel, with 54 persons lost.[4]

References
  1. "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. "HMS Recruit". Wrecksite. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

Bibliography
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  • Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Manning, T. D. (1961). The British Destroyer. London: Putnam.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.
  • Monograph No. 35: Home Waters Part IX: 1st May 1917 to 31st July 1917 (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). XIX. Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1939.


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