HMS Recruit (1916)

History
United Kingdom
NameRecruit
BuilderWilliam Doxford & Sons, Sunderland
Launched9 December 1916
CommissionedApril 1917
FateSunk by SM UB-16, 9 August 1917
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeR-class destroyer
Displacement1,072 long tons (1,089 t) (normal)
Length276 ft 1 in (84.2 m) (o/a)
Beam26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 Shafts; 1 geared steam turbine
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement80
Armament

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.