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R-class destroyer (1916)#Admiralty R-class ships

{{short description|Class of 62 British destroyers, built 1916–17}}

{{For|the R class of destroyers built in 1942|Q and R-class destroyer}}

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|Ship image= File:HMS Skate.jpg

|Ship caption=HMS Skate in 1942

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{{Infobox ship class overview

|Name=R class

|Builders=

|Operators=*{{navy|United Kingdom}}

  • {{navy|Thailand|1939}}

|Class before={{sclass2|Admiralty M|destroyer|4}}

|Class after=*Admiralty V class

  • {{sclass2|S|destroyer (1917)|4}}

|Subclasses=

|Cost=

|Built range=1916–1917

|In service range=

|In commission range=1916–1957

|Total ships building=

|Total ships planned=

|Total ships completed=62

|Total ships cancelled=

|Total ships active=

|Total ships laid up=

|Total ships lost=8

|Total ships retired=

|Total ships preserved=1 (HMS Radiant, transferred to Royal Siamese Navy in 1920 and renamed Phra Ruang, survives as hulk

}}

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|Ship type=Destroyer

|Ship displacement=*{{convert|975|LT|t|lk=in}} standard

  • {{convert|1035|LT|t|lk=in}} built by Thornycroft
  • {{convert|930|LT|t|lk=in}} built by Yarrow

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|Ship beam= {{convert|26|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship draught= {{convert|9|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship propulsion=*3 boilers

|Ship speed= {{convert|36|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|1}}

|Ship range= {{convert|3440|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}

|Ship endurance=

|Ship boats=

|Ship complement=82

|Ship sensors=

|Ship EW=

|Ship armament=*3 × QF 4-inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII, mounting P Mk. IX

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|Ship notes=

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The first R class were a class of 62 destroyers built between 1916 and 1917 for the Royal Navy. They were an improvement, specifically in the area of fuel economy, of the earlier {{sclass2|Admiralty M|destroyer|0}} destroyers. The most important difference was that the Admiralty R class had two shafts and geared turbines, compared with the three shafts and direct turbines of the Admiralty M class, but in appearance the R class could be distinguished from its predecessors by having the after 4-inch gun mounted in a bandstand. The Admiralty ordered the first two of this class of ships in May 1915. Another seventeen were ordered in July 1915, a further eight in December 1915, and a final twenty-three in March 1916 (of which eleven were to a slightly modified design).

As well as these fifty ships to the standard 'Admiralty' design, twelve more R class were designed and built by the two specialist builders Yarrow Shipbuilders and John I. Thornycroft & Company to their own separate designs. Three were ordered from Thornycroft and four from Yarrow in July 1915, and two from Thornycroft and three from Yarrow in December 1915.

They were the last three-funnelled destroyers ordered by the Royal Navy (although {{HMS|Bristol|D23|6}} commissioned in 1973 had three funnels, these were not all on the centreline). All of these ships saw extensive service in World War I. Some saw service as minelayers. Eight R-class ships were sunk during the war and all but two of the surviving ships were scrapped in the 1920s and 1930s. One Admiralty R-class vessel, {{HMS|Skate|1917|6}}, survived to see service in World War II as a convoy escort, making her the oldest destroyer to see wartime service with the Royal Navy. A second, {{HMS|Radiant|1916|6}} was transferred to the Royal Siamese Navy as Phra Ruang in September 1920.

Ships in class

The ships of this class were ordered under the 5th through 8th War Emergency Programmes through which the government funded the United Kingdom's increased ship production during World War I. The first two prototypes of this class were ordered in May 1915 as part of the 5th War Programme and larger numbers followed, as summarized in the following table:

class="wikitable"
War Programme

! Ordered

! Admiralty R

! Admiralty Modified R

! Thornycroft R

! Yarrow R

5

| May 1915

|align=center| 2

|align=center| -

|align=center| -

|align=center| -

6

| July 1915

|align=center| 17

|align=center| -

|align=center| 3

|align=center| 4

7

| December 1915

|align=center| 8

|align=center| -

|align=center| 2

|align=center| -

8

| March 1916

|align=center| 12

|align=center| 11

|align=center| -

|align=center| 3

= Admiralty R-class destroyers =

class="sortable wikitable"
Name

! Pennant

! Builder

! Laid down

! Launched

! Commissioned

! Disposed

! Status

! Ref

colspan="10" style="background: #80D8FF;"| 5th War Programme order in May 1915 (2 ships)
{{HMS|Radstock|1916|2}}

|D94, H64, G76, G79, G81

|Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson

|{{date table sorting|6 September 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|8 June 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|20 September 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|29 April 1927}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Raider|1916|2}}

|D95, G41, G81, G82, G86

|Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson

|{{date table sorting|October 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|17 July 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|October 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|29 April 1927}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

colspan="10" style="background: #80D8FF;"| 6th War Programme order in July 1915 (17 ships)
File:HMS Romola 1916.jpg
{{HMS|Romola|1916|2}}

|G15, G18, G53, G83

|John Brown & Company, Clydebank

|{{date table sorting|25 August 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|14 May 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|17 August 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|13 March 1930}}

|Scrapped

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Rowena|1916|2}}

|D84, F45, H85, G81, G90

|John Brown & Company, Clydebank

|{{date table sorting|25 August 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|1 July 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|29 September 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|27 January 1937}}

|Scrapped

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Restless|1916|2}}

|G85, G88

|John Brown & Company, Clydebank

|{{date table sorting|22 September 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|12 August 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|21 October 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|23 November 1936}}

|Scrapped

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Rigorous|1916|2}}

|G86, G90

|John Brown & Company, Clydebank

|{{date table sorting|22 September 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|30 September 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|30 November 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|5 November 1926}}

|Scrapped

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Rocket|1916|2}}

|G43, G82, G88, H76

|William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton

|{{date table sorting|28 September 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|2 July 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|7 October 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|16 December 1926}}

|Scrapped

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Rob Roy|1916|2}}

|

|William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton

|{{date table sorting|15 October 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|29 August 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|15 December 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|13 July 1926}}

|Scrapped

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Redgauntlet|1916|2}}

|F51, F58, F97, FA4

|William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton

|{{date table sorting|28 September 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|23 November 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|7 February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|July 1927}}

|Scrapped

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Redoubt|1916|2}}

|F56, F57

|William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland

|

|{{date table sorting|28 October 1916}}

|

|{{date table sorting|13 July 1926}}

|Scrapped

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Recruit|1916|2}}

|

|William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland

|

|{{date table sorting|9 December 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|April 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|9 August 1917}}

|Sunk by submarine

|{{cite book |title=The Admiralty Regrets: British Warship Losses of the 20th Century |last=Kemp |first=Paul |year=1999 |publisher=Sutton Publishing Ltd |isbn=0-7509-1567-6 |page=55 | oclc = 46471901 }}

{{HMS|Sable|1916|2}}

|G44, G91, H93

|J. Samuel White, Cowes

|

|{{date table sorting|26 June 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|30 November 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|August 1927}}

|Scrapped

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Setter|1916|2}}

|F55, G98

|J. Samuel White, Cowes

|

|{{date table sorting|18 August 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|12 February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|17 May 1917}}

|Sunk after collision

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Salmon|1916|2}} (renamed Sable)

|F18, G93, G94, H36, H58

|Harland and Wolff, Govan

|{{date table sorting|27 August 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|7 October 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|20 December 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|28 January 1937}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Sylph|1916|2}}

|D93, F54, F68, G69, H0A

|Harland and Wolff, Govan

|{{date table sorting|30 August 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|15 November 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|10 February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|16 December 1926}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Sarpedon|1916|2}}

|F15, G14, G19, G21, G82

|R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Hebburn on Tyne

|{{date table sorting|27 September 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|1 June 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|2 September 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|23 July 1926}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Sorceress|1916|2}}

|G68, G93, G94, H66

|Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne

|{{date table sorting|13 November 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|29 August 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|4 December 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|29 April 1927}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Sturgeon|1917|2}}

|F47, F49, G17

|Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Govan

|{{date table sorting|10 November 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|11 January 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|26 February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|16 December 1926}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Sceptre|1917|2}}

|F60, F79

|Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Govan

|{{date table sorting|10 November 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|18 April 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|26 May 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|1926}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

colspan="10" style="background: #80D8FF;"| 7th War Programme order in December 1915 (8 ships)
File:HMS Satyr 1916.jpg
{{HMS|Satyr|1916|2}}

|F51, F59, G52, H78

|William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir

|{{date table sorting|April 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|27 December 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|2 February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|16 December 1926}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Sharpshooter|1917|2}}

|F48, F61

|William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir

|{{date table sorting|May 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|27 February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|2 April 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|29 April 1927}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Simoom|1916|2}}

|

|John Brown & Company, Clydebank

|{{date table sorting|23 May 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|30 October 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|22 December 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|23 January 1917}}

|Sunk by torpedo boat

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Skate|1917|2}}

|

|John Brown & Company, Clydebank

|{{date table sorting|12 January 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|11 January 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|19 February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|1947}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Skilful|1917|2}}

|

|Harland and Wolff, Govan

|

|{{date table sorting|3 February 1917}}

|

|{{date table sorting|13 July 1926}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Springbok2}}

|

|Harland and Wolff, Govan

|{{date table sorting|27 January 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|9 March 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|30 April 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|16 December 1926}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Starfish|1916|2}}

|F60, F64, G50, H70

|

|R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Hebburn on Tyne

|{{date table sorting|27 September 1916}}

|

|{{date table sorting|21 April 1928}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Stork|1916|2}}

|F65, F66, G60, H90

|R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Hebburn on Tyne

|{{date table sorting|10 April 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|25 November 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|1 February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|7 October 1927}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

colspan="10" style="background: #80D8FF;"| 8th War Programme order in March 1916 (12 ships)
{{HMS|Tancred|1917|2}}

|F12, F85, G07, G08, G79, H67

|William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir

|{{date table sorting|5 November 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|30 June 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|1 September 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|17 May 1928}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Tarpon|1917|2}}

|F22, F65, F72, F79, H97

|John Brown & Company, Clydebank

|{{date table sorting|12 April 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|10 March 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|April 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|4 August 1927}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Telemachus|1917|2}}

|F23, F66, F81, F86, H98

|John Brown & Company, Clydebank

|{{date table sorting|12 April 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|21 April 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|June 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|July 1927}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Tempest|H71|2}}

|

|Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

|

|{{date table sorting|26 January 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|April 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|January 1937}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Tenacious|1917|2}}

|F96, G02, G61, H1A

|Harland and Wolff, Govan; J. Samuel White, Cowes

|{{date table sorting|25 July 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|21 March 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|12 August 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|26 June 1928}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Tetrarch|1917|2}}

|F74, F87, G54, H59

|Harland and Wolff, Govan; J. Samuel White, Cowes

|{{date table sorting|26 July 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|20 April 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|2 June 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|28 July 1934}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Thisbe|1917|2}}

|F75, F82, G80, H72

|R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Hebburn on Tyne

|{{date table sorting|June 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|8 March 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|6 June 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|31 August 1936}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Thruster|1917|2}}

|F74, F76, G81, H73

|R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Hebburn on Tyne

|{{date table sorting|2 June 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|10 January 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|30 March 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|16 March 1937}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Tormentor|1917|2}}

|

|Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Govan

|

|{{date table sorting|22 May 1917}}

|

|{{date table sorting|19 November 1929}}

|Sold for scrap; sunk in transit

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Tornado|1917|2}}

|

|Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Govan

|

|{{date table sorting|4 August 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|November 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|23 December 1917}}

|Sunk by mines

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Torrent|1916|2}}

|

|Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne

|

|{{date table sorting|26 November 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|23 December 1917}}

|Sunk by mines

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Torrid|1917|2}}

|

|Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne

|{{date table sorting|19 July 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|10 February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|5 May 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|27 January 1937}}

|Sunk by mines

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

= Admiralty Modified R-class destroyers =

The remaining eleven ships ordered in March 1916 were of the Admiralty Modified R class with a slightly increased breadth of 27 ft, a draught of 11 ft, and a tonnage of 1,085.

These ships had two funnels.

class="sortable wikitable"
Name

! Pennant

! Builder

! Laid down

! Launched

! Commissioned

! Disposed

! Status

! Ref

colspan="10" style="background: #80D8FF;"| 8th War Programme order in March 1916 (11 ships)
File:HMS Undine 1917.jpg
{{HMS|Trenchant|1916|2}}

|G78, G96

|J. Samuel White, Cowes

|

|{{date table sorting|23 December 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|30 April 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|15 November 1928}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Tristram|1917|2}}

|F11, F25, F89

|J. Samuel White, Cowes

|{{date table sorting|23 September 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|24 February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|30 June 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|9 May 1921}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Tirade2}}

|F07, F81, G80, HA7

|Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock

|{{date table sorting|1 May 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|21 April 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|30 June 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|15 November 1921}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Tower|1917|2}}

|

|Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne

|{{date table sorting|September 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|5 April 1917}}

|

|{{date table sorting|17 May 1928}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Ulster|1917|2}}

|F01, F17, F91, H09

|William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir

|

|{{date table sorting|10 October 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|21 November 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|21 April 1928}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Ulysses|1917|2}}

|

|William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland

|

|{{date table sorting|24 March 1917}}

|

|{{date table sorting|29 October 1918}}

|Sunk following collision

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Umpire|1917|2}}

|F02, F26, F94, H10

|William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland

|{{date table sorting

}

|{{date table sorting|9 June 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|August 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|7 January 1930}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

|-

|{{HMS|Undine|1917|2}}

|F03, G79, G97, H61

|Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

|{{date table sorting|23 September 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|22 March 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|26 May 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|28 September 1927}}

|Sold for scrap; sunk in transit

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

|-

|{{HMS|Urchin|1917|2}}

|F04, F99, H62

|Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company

|

|{{date table sorting|7 June 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|August 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|7 January 1930}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

|-

|{{HMS|Ursa|1917|2}}

|F05, F10, H63

|Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company

|

|{{date table sorting|23 July 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|16 October 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|13 July 1926}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

|-

|{{HMS|Ursula|1917|2}}

|F01, F84, F88, H11

|Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock

|{{date table sorting|22 September 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|21 April 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|26 September 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|19 November 1929}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

|}

= Thornycroft R-class ships =

class="sortable wikitable"
Name

! Pennant

! Builder

! Laid down

! Launched

! Commissioned

! Disposed

! Status

! Ref

colspan="10" style="background: #80D8FF;"| 6th War Programme order in July 1915 (3 ships)
{{HMS|Rosalind|1916|2}}

|D87, G64, G89, G95

|John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston

|{{date table sorting|October 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|14 October 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|December 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|13 July 1926}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Radiant|1916|2}}

|

|John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston

|

|{{date table sorting|25 November 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|21 June 1920}}

|Sold to Thailand as Phra Ruang

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Retriever|1917|2}}

|

|John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston

|

|{{date table sorting|15 January 1917}}

|

|{{date table sorting|26 July 1927}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

colspan="10" style="background: #80D8FF;"| 7th War Programme order in December 1915 (2 ships)
{{HMS|Taurus|1917|2}}

|D82, F39, F70, F71, H30

|John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston

|{{date table sorting|March 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|10 March 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|May 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|18 February 1930}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Teazer|1917|2}}

|D83, F40, F71, F93, H17

|John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston

|{{date table sorting|March 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|21 April 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|July 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|6 February 1931}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

Only a single R-class destroyer was passed on from the Royal Navy for service in another service:

class="sortable wikitable"
Name

! Former name

! Operator

! Service entry

! Service exit

! Status

! Ref

Phra Ruang

|ex-{{HMS|Radiant|1916|2}}

|Royal Thai Navy

|{{date table sorting|September 1920}}

|{{date table sorting|1957}}

|Stricken

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

= Yarrow R-class ships =

These seven ships built by Yarrow Shipbuilders were sometimes classified as the Yarrow Later M-class destroyer. These ships had two funnels.

class="sortable wikitable"
Name

! Pennant

! Builder

! Laid down

! Launched

! Commissioned

! Disposed

! Status

! Ref

colspan="10" style="background: #80D8FF;"| 6th War Programme order in July 1915 (4 ships)
{{HMS|Sabrina|1916|2}}

|

|Yarrow Shipbuilders

|{{date table sorting|August 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|24 July 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|September 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|5 November 1926}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Strongbow|1916|2}}

|

|Yarrow Shipbuilders

|

|{{date table sorting|30 September 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|November 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|17 October 1917}}

|Sunk by cruisers

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Surprise|1916|2}}

|

|Yarrow Shipbuilders

|

|{{date table sorting|25 November 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|23 December 1917}}

|Sunk by mines

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Sybille|1917|2}}

|

|Yarrow Shipbuilders

|{{date table sorting|August 1915}}

|{{date table sorting|5 February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|February 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|5 November 1926}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

colspan="10" style="background: #80D8FF;"| 8th War Programme order in March 1916 (3 ships)
{{HMS|Truculent|1916|2}}

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|Yarrow Shipbuilders

|{{date table sorting|March 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|24 March 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|May 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|29 April 1927}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Tyrant|1917|2}}

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|Yarrow Shipbuilders

|{{date table sorting|March 1916}}

|{{date table sorting|19 May 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|July 1917}}

|{{date table sorting|April 1938}}

|Sold for scrap

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{HMS|Ulleswater|1917|2}}

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|Yarrow Shipbuilders

|{{date table sorting|1916}}

|{{date table sorting|4 August 1917}}

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|{{date table sorting|15 August 1918}}

|Sunk by submarine

|{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

See also

References

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Bibliography

  • {{Cite Colledge2006}}
  • British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953 Drawn by Admiralty Permission from Official Records and Returns, Ships' Covers and Building Plans, Edgar J. March 1966, Seeley, Service & Co {{OCLC|468636240}}.
  • Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893–1981, Maurice Cocker, 1983, Ian Allan {{ISBN|0-7110-1075-7}}
  • British Destroyers, From Earliest Days to the Second World War Norman Friedman, 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-84832-049-9}}

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