HMS Tempest (H71)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tempest.
HMS Tempest was an R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan on Clydeside and launched on 26 January 1917 during the First World War.
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Distant view of HMS Tempest dropping depth charges in Harwich, Essex on 19th April 1918. | |
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Name | HMS Tempest |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Yard number | 524 |
Launched | 26 January 1917 |
Commissioned | April 1917 |
Recommissioned | October 1919 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping January 1937 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | R-class destroyer |
Displacement | 975 long tons (991 t) standard |
Length | 276 ft (84.1 m) |
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 (wartime) |
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