R class destroyer (1916)

Encyclopedia : R : RC : RCL : R class destroyer (1916)

R class

General Characteristics
Displacement: 975 tons - standard
1,035 tons - for those built by Thornicroft
930 tons - for those built by Yarrow
Length: 276 ft (84.12 m)
Beam: 27 ft 8 in (8.15 m)
Draught: 9 ft 10 in (2.99 m)
Propulsion: 3 boilers
2 geared Brown Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp
Speed: 36 kts
Range: 3,440 nm at 15 kts
Complement: 82
Armament: 3 x 4 in L/40 QF Mark IV, mounting P Mk. IX
1 x single 2 pdr "pom-pom" Mk. II
2 x twin tubes for 21 in torpedoes


R class
General Characteristics
Displacement:	975 tons - standard 1,035 tons - for those built by Thornicroft 930 tons - for those built by Yarrow
Length:	276 ft (84.12 m)
Beam:	27 ft 8 in (8.15 m)
Draught:	9 ft 10 in (2.99 m)
Propulsion:	3 boilers 2 geared Brown Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp
Speed:	36 kts
Range:	3,440 nm at 15 kts
Complement:	82
Armament:	3 x 4 in L/40 QF Mark IV, mounting P Mk. IX 1 x single 2 pdr "pom-pom" Mk. II 2 x twin tubes for 21 in torpedoes

''For the R class of destroyers built in 1942, see Q and R class destroyer

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 M class destroyers. The Admiralty ordered this class of ships in July 1915. They were the last 3 stack destroyers ordered by the Royal Navy. All of these ships saw extensive servive in World War I. Some saw service as minelayers. Eight R class ships were sunk during the war and most of the surviving ships were scrapped in the 1920s and 1930s.

Like the M class, two individual shipbuilders, Yarrow Shipbuilders and J I Thornycroft build seven and five, respectively, modified R class destroyers.

R class destroyer (1916)

See also