HMS Recruit (1916)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Recruit |
| Builder | William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland |
| Launched | 9 December 1916 |
| Commissioned | April 1917 |
| Fate | Sunk by SM UB-16, 9 August 1917 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | R-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,072 long tons (1,089 t) (normal) |
| Length | 276 ft 1 in (84.2 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 Shafts; 1 geared steam turbine |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 80 |
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HMS Recruit was an R-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. She was sunk by a German U-boat four months after she was commissioned in April 1917.