HMS Rowena (1916)
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HMS Rowena was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during World War I. Launched on 1 July 1916, the ship operated as part of the Grand Fleet as part of a destroyer flotilla hunting for German vessels that were attacking convoys in the North Sea. Although there were many reported sightings, no submarines were sunk. After the conflict, the vessel was transferred to the Navy’s establishment at Portland to help in the development of anti-submarine warfare, which ultimately helped in the Battle of the Atlantic. Rowena did not, however, see the fruit of this labour. After twenty years of service, the destroyer was retired and sold to be broken up on 27 January 1937.
Sistership HMS Romola and two other R-class destroyers | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Rowena |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
Yard number | 450 |
Laid down | 25 August 1915 |
Launched | 1 July 1916 |
Commissioned | 29 September 1916 |
Decommissioned | 27 January 1937 |
Fate | Broken up |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | R-class destroyer |
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Length | 265 ft (80.8 m) p.p. |
Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
Propulsion |
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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 |
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