HMS Patriot (1916)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Patriot.
HMS Patriot was a Thornycroft M-class destroyer that served in the British Royal Navy. The destroyer entered service in 1915 during the First World War and saw service with the Grand Fleet. Following the war, the destroyer was declared surplus and in 1920, the ship was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. Recommissioned as HMCS Patriot, the destroyer was used primarily as a training ship. Patriot was taken out of service in 1927, sold for scrap in 1929 and broken up.
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Patriot circa. 1922 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Patriot |
Builder | Thornycroft & Company, Southampton |
Laid down | July 1915 |
Launched | 20 April 1916 |
Commissioned | June 1916 |
Fate | Transferred to Canada in September 1920 |
Canada | |
Name | Patriot |
Acquired | September 1920 |
Commissioned | 1 November 1920 |
Decommissioned | December 1927 |
Fate | Sold for scrap in 1929 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Thornycroft M-class destroyer |
Displacement | 985 long tons (1,001 t) |
Length | 274 ft (84 m) o/a |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 254 long tons (258 t) oil |
Complement | 80 |
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