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HMS Telemachus (1917)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Telemachus.
HMS Telemachus was a R-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that took part in the First World War. She was built in 1916–1917 by the Scottish shipbuilder John Brown at their Clydebank shipyard. Telemachus was modified to serve as a minelayer, laying minefields in the German Bight and English Channel to restrict the operation of German submarines. The ship survived the war and was sold for scrap in 1927.
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Name | HMS Telemachus |
Namesake | Telemachus |
Builder | John Brown & Co., Clydebank |
Laid down | 12 April 1916 |
Launched | 21 April 1917 |
Completed | June 1917 |
Fate | Sold July 1927 |
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Class and type | R-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,220 long tons (1,240 t) deep load |
Length | 276 ft 1 in (84.15 m) oa |
Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
Draught | 1 ft 5+1⁄2 in (0.44 m) |
Installed power | 27,000 shp (20,000 kW) |
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Speed | 36 kn (41 mph; 67 km/h) |
Complement | 82 |
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