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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate	Modification
Romola	G83, G18, G15		John Brown, Clydebank	8.1915	14.5.1916	8.1916	BU 3.1930	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Sarpedon	G19, G21, G14		Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	9.1915	1.6.1916	9.1916	BU 7.1926	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Radstock	G79, G76, G81		Swan Hunter, Wallsend	9.1915	3.6.1916	9.1916	BU 4.1927	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Sable	G91		White, Cowes	12.1915	28.6.1916	11.1916	BU 8.1927	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Rowena	G81, G90		John Brown, Clydebank	8.1915	1.7.1916	9.1916	BU 1.1937	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Rocket	G82, G88		Denny, Dumbarton	9.1915	2.7.1916	10/1916	BU 12.1926	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Raider	G81, G86, G82		Swan Hunter, Wallsend	9.1915	17.7.1916	10.1916	BU 4.1927	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Restless	G88, G85		John Brown, Clydebank	9.1915	12.8.1916	10.1916	BU 11.1936	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Setter	G98, F55		White, Cowes	12.1915	18.8.1916	2.1917	collision 17.5.1917	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Rob Roy	G92, G87		Denny, Dumbarton	9/1915	28.8.1916	10/1916	BU 7.1926	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Sorceress	G93, G94		Swan Hunter, Wallsend	11.1915	29.8.1916	12.1916	BU 4.1927	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Rigorous	G90, G86		John Brown, Clydebank	9.1915	30.9.1916	11.1916	BU 11.1926	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Salmon, 12.1933- Sable	G94, G93	494	Harland & Wolff, Govan	8/1915	7.10.1916	12.1916	BU 1.1937	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Redoubt	F56, F57		Doxford, Pallion	1916	28.10.1916	3.1917	BU 7.1926	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Sylph	F54, F68	495	Harland & Wolff, Govan	8.1915	15.11.1916	2.1917	BU 12.1926	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Redgauntlet	F58, F51, F97, FA4		Denny, Dumbarton	9.1915	23.11.1916	2.1917	BU 7.1927	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Recruit	F63		Doxford, Pallion	1916	9.12.1916	4.1917	sunk 9.8.1917	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Sturgeon	F49, G17, F47		A. Stephens, Linthouse	11.1915	11.1.1917	2.1917	BU 12.1926	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Sceptre	F79, F60		A. Stephens, Linthouse	11/1915	18.4.1917	5.1917	BU 12.1926	Admiralty design, 6th order (first 2 in 5.1915, the rest in 7.1915)
Rosalind	G95, G89		Thornycroft, Woolston	10/1915	14.10.1916	12/1916	BU 7.1926	Tnornycroft specials
Radiant	F59, F56		Thornycroft, Woolston	12.1915	25.11.1916	2.1917	to Siam 9.1920 (พระร่วง [Phra Ruang])	Tnornycroft specials
Retriever	F64, F58		Thornycroft, Woolston	1/1916	15.1.1917	3/1917	BU 7.1927	Tnornycroft specials
Sabrina	G79, G92		Yarrow, Scotstoun	8/1915	24.7.1916	9/1916	BU 11.1926	Yarrow specials
Strongbow	G44		Yarrow, Scotstoun	11.1915	30.9.1916	11.1916	sunk 17.10.1917	Yarrow specials
Surprise	F69, GA4, F66		Yarrow, Scotstoun	12.1915	25.11.1916	1.1917	sunk 23.12.1917	Yarrow specials
Sybille	F77, F67		Yarrow, Scotstoun	8/1915	5.2.1917	2/1917	BU 11.1926	Yarrow specials
Truculent	F70, F82		Yarrow, Scotstoun	3/1916	24.3.1917	5/1917	BU 4.1927	Yarrow specials
Tyrant	F90, G07, G06, G49		Yarrow, Scotstoun	3/1916	19.5.1917	7/1917	BU 4.1938	Yarrow specials
Ulleswater	F83		Yarrow, Scotstoun	7.1916	4.8.1917	9.1917	sunk 15.8.1918	Yarrow specials
Starfish	F60, F64		Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	1.1916	27.9.1916	12.1916	BU 4.1928	Admiralty design, 7-th order (12/1915)
Simoom	F57		John Brown, Clydebank	5.1916	30.10.1916	12.1916	sunk 23.1.1917	Admiralty design, 7-th order (12/1915)
Stork	F66, F65		Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	4/1916	15.11.1916	2.1917	BU 10.1927	Admiralty design, 7-th order (12/1915)
Satyr	F51, F59		Beardmore, Dalmuir	4.1916	27.12.1916	2.1917	BU 12.1926	Admiralty design, 7-th order (12/1915)
Skate	F62, G05, F46, H39		John Brown, Clydebank	1.1916	11.1.1917	2.1917	BU 7.1947	Admiralty design, 7-th order (12/1915)
Skilful	F78, F62	496	Harland & Wolff, Govan	1/1916	3.2.1917	3.1917	BU 7.1926	Admiralty design, 7-th order (12/1915)
Sharpshooter	F48, F61		Beardmore, Dalmuir	5.1916	27.2.1917	4.1917	BU 4.1927	Admiralty design, 7-th order (12/1915)
Springbok	F65, F63	497	Harland & Wolff, Govan	1.1916	9.3.1917	4.1917	BU 12.1926	Admiralty design, 7-th order (12/1915)
Taurus	F71, F70		Thornycroft, Woolston	3/1916	10.3.1917	5/1917	BU 3.1930	Thornycroft specials
Teazer	F93, F71		Thornycroft, Woolston	3/1916	21.4.1917	7/1917	BU 2.1931	Thornycroft specials
Torrent	F67, F79		Swan Hunter, Wallsend	1916	26.11.1916	2.1917	sunk 23.12.1917	Admiralty design, 8-th order (3/1916)
Thruster	F74, F76		Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn / Parsons	6.1916	10.1.1917	3.1917	BU 3.1937	Admiralty design, 8-th order (3/1916)
Tempest	F76, F72		Fairfield, Govan	1916	26.1.1917	3/1917	BU 1.1937	Admiralty design, 8-th order (3/1916)
Torrid	F75, F80		Swan Hunter, Wallsend	7.1916	10.2.1917	5.1917	BU 3.1937	Admiralty design, 8-th order (3/1916)
Thisbe	F82, F75		Harland & Wolff, Belfast	6/1916	8.3.1917	6.1917	BU 8.1936	Admiralty design, 8-th order (3/1916)
Tarpon	F72, F22, F79		John Brown, Clydebank	4/1916	10.3.1917	4/1917	BU 8.1927	Admiralty design, 8-th order (3/1916)
Tenacious	F96, G02	498	Harland & Wolff, Govan	7/1916	21.5.1917	8.1917	BU 6.1928	Admiralty design, 8-th order (3/1916)
Tetrarch	F87, F74	499	Harland & Wolff, Govan	7.1916	20.4.1917	6.1917	BU 7.1934	Admiralty design, 8-th order (3/1916)
Telemachus	F86, F23, F81		John Brown, Clydebank	4.1916	21.4.1917	6.1917	BU 7.1927	Admiralty design, 8-th order (3/1916)
Tormentor	F68, G06, G11		A. Stephens, Linthouse	5.1916	22.5.1917	8.1917	BU 11.1929	Admiralty design, 8-th order (3/1916)
Tancred	F85, G08, G07		Beardmore, Dalmuir	7.1916	30.6.1917	9.1917	BU 5.1928	Admiralty design, 8-th order (3/1916)
Tornado	F97, F78		A. Stephens, Linthouse	5.1916	4.8.1917	11.1917	sunk 23.12.1917	Admiralty design, 8-th order (3/1916)

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Admiralty design: 975 Thornycroft specials: 1035 Yarrow specials: 930
Displacement full, t	Admiralty design: 1200 - 1244 Thornycroft specials: 1208 Yarrow specials: 1051
Length, m	Admiralty design: 84.1 Thornycroft specials: 83.6 Yarrow specials: 83.4
Breadth, m	Admiralty design: 8.16 Thornycroft specials: 8.24 - 8.31 Yarrow specials: 7.82
Draught, m	2.75
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Radstock, Raider, Romola, Rowena, Restless, Rigorous, Rocket, Rob Roy, Redgauntlet, Sturgeon, Sceptre, Salmon, Sylph, Sarpedon, Sorceress, Rosalind, Radiant, Retriever, Simoom, Skate, Skilful, Springbok, Taurus, Teazer, Tancred, Tarpon, Telemachus, Tempest, Tetrarch, Tenacious, Tormentor, Tornado, Torrent, Torrid: 2 sets Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers Redoubt, Recruit, Satyr, Sharpshooter, Starfish, Stork, Thisbe, Thruster: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers Sable, Setter: 2 sets Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 3 White-Forster boilers Sabrina, Strongbow, Surprise, Sybille, Truculent, Tyrant, Ulleswater: 2 Parsons steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	27000
Max speed, kts	36
Fuel, t	oil 296
Endurance, nm(kts)	3440(15)
Armament	3 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 2 x 2 - 533 TT
Complement	82

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Project history

In July 1915 the Admiralty Board gave approval for all future destroyers to be engined with 2-shaft geared turbines, preferably Brown-Curtis. This far-sighted move was made only on the basis of the success of a year's service in Leonidas and Lucifer. The design for the next batch of destroyers was in other respects merely a duplication of the standard 'M' design, but with more flare and 0.3m more freeboard on the forecastle. Other improvements were to put the after 102mm gun on a 'bandstand', and a more robust bridge structure. The design which resulted was generally similar ro the war-built 'M' class, with three round funnels. Because the bridge was 2.7m wider than previously the 40mm pom-poms formerly mounted at the end of the forecastle could not be mounted, and so a single pom-pom replaced the 509mm searchlight on its platform between the TT. Some'M' and 'R'class vessels had 2 356mm TT (one fixed on each beam) subsequently added at the break of the forecastle. The geared turbines were a great success, providing high speed with less cavitation and reduced fuel consumption. The lead-ship Romola maintained 36kts for 4 hours in light condition, and on her acceptance trials reached 32.5kts in deep load condition. Comparative trials run between Romola and Norman showed that the 'R' class used 15% less fuel at 18kts and 28% less at25kts, resulting in an increase of 17.8% and 40% of range. The Yarrow 'specials' were the only units to retain direct-drive turbines. Oil fuel was also increased compared with the 'M' class.

Modernizations

Some destroyers after commission: + 2 - 356 TT (beam)

1917, Tarpon, Telemachus (temporarily till 1918): - 2 x 1 - 102/40, 2 x 2 - 533 TT; + rails for 60 mines.

late 1930s, Skate was converted to minelayer: - 1 x 1 - 102/40, 1 x 2 - 533 TT; + 40 mines

early 1940, Skate was converted to minesweeper for magnetic mines: - 1 x 1 - 102/40, 1 x 1 - 40/39, 1 x 2 - 533 TT, mines; + 1 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, magnetic minesweeping gear

mid-1941, Skate was converted to escort destroyer: - 1 x 4 - 40/39, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, minesweeping gear; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (70 DC), type 286 radar, type 133 sonar; full displacement was 1360 t.

1942, Skate: + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, type 271 radar

1/1946, Skate: 1 x 1 - 102/40 P Mk IX, 1 x 1 - 76/40 P Mk V, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (70), type 271, type 286 radars, type 133 sonar

Naval service

Strongbow was sunk 17.10.1917 by gunfire of German cruisers Bremse and Brummer off Norway, Simoom was torpedoed by German destroyer S50 in North sea 23.1.1917, Torrent and Tornado were mined in North sea 23.12.1917. Surprise was torpedoed by German submarine off Maas lightship 23.12.1917. Ulleswater was torpedoed by German submarine UC17 off Dutch coast 15.8.1918. Setter collided with destroyer Sylph off Harwich 17.5.1917 and sank.





Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.