| HMS Rosalind (1916) | |
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HMS Taurus (1917) IWM SP 1410.jpg Sister ship HMS Taurus | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
| Name: | Rosalind |
| Ordered: | July 1915 |
| Builder: | Thornycroft |
| Laid down: | October 1915 |
| Launched: | 14 October 1916 |
| Commissioned: | December 1916 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 July 1926 |
| Fate: | Sold, 21 April 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | R-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,035 long tons (1,052 t) standard 1,208 long tons (1,227 t) full |
| Length: | 274 ft (83.5 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 82 |
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HMS Rosalind was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy.
Design[]
Rosalind was one of three R-class destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty from Thornycroft in July 1915 as part of the Sixth War Construction Programme.
Rosalind had an long overall of 274 feet (84 m), with a beam of 27 feet 6 inches (8.38 m) and a draught of 11 feet (3.4 m).[1] Displacement was 1,035 long tons (1,052 t) normal and 1,208 long tons (1,227 t) full load.[2] Three Yarrow boilers fed steam to two sets of Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines rated at 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW) and driving two shafts, giving a design speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Three funnels were fitted. 296 tons of oil were carried, giving a design range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).[3]
Armament consisted of three QF 4in Mk IV guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised bandstand and one between the second and third funnels. A single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun was carried, along with four 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes in two twin rotating mounts. Fire control included a single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock. The vessel had a complement of 82 officers and men.[2]
Service[]
Rosalind was laid down in October 1915 and launched on 14 October 1916.[2] On commissioning in December 1916, the ship joined the Grand Fleet, serving until the end of the war as part of the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[4] Having been paid off earlier in the year, the vessel was re-commissioned on 15 December 1919, with a reduced complement.[5][6] Rosalind formed part of the local defence flotilla for Portsmouth under the cruiser Dido.[7] The destroyer was sold for breaking up on 13 July 1926.
Pennant numbers[]
| Pennant Number | Date |
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| G95 | January 1917[8] |
| G89 | January 1918[8] |
References[]
- ↑ Forward, Raymond. "12th December 1917 Royal Navy Ships". http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~treevecwll/partidge11.htm. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 81. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- ↑ Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the First World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
- ↑ "Destroyer Flottilas of the Grand Fleet". January 1917. p. 12. http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/pageturner.cfm?id=92122874.
- ↑ "Ships Paid Off". October 1919. p. 711. http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/pageturner.cfm?id=92553002.
- ↑ "Rosalind". January 1921. p. 867. http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/pageturner.cfm?id=94480704.
- ↑ "Local Defence and Training Establishments, Patrol Flotillas, Etc". January 1921. p. 704. http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/pageturner.cfm?id=92626862.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allen. p. 71. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
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