HMS Recruit (1896)

	HMS Recruit
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Recruit
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	J & G Thomson, Clydebank
Laid down	18 October 1895
Launched	22 August 1896
Commissioned	October 1900
Fate	1 May 1915 sunk by German submarine UB-6 in the southern North Sea
General characteristics
Class & type	Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	380 long tons (386 t) light; 425 long tons (432 t) full load;
Length	218 ft (66 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion	4 × Normand water tube boiler; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 5,800 shp (4,300 kW);
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,465 nmi (2,713 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	63 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun; 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt naval gun L/40 Naval gun; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Recruit was a Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895–1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1806 for an 18-gun brig-sloop, sold in 1822.

History
HMS Recruit
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Recruit
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	J & G Thomson, Clydebank
Laid down	18 October 1895
Launched	22 August 1896
Commissioned	October 1900
Fate	1 May 1915 sunk by German submarine UB-6 in the southern North Sea
General characteristics
Class & type	Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	380 long tons (386 t) light 425 long tons (432 t) full load
Length	218 ft (66 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion	4 × Normand water tube boiler 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 5,800 shp (4,300 kW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	80 tons coal 1,465 nmi (2,713 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement	63 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt naval gun L/40 Naval gun 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918