HMS Tancred (1917)

	Two R-class destroyers, sister ship HMS Rob Roy nearest
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tancred
Ordered	July 1915
Builder	William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir
Yard number	556
Laid down	5 November 1916
Launched	30 June 1917
Completed	1 September 1917
Out of service	17 May 1928
Homeport	`
Fate	Sold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class & type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	975 long tons (991 t) (normal); 1,065 long tons (1,082 t) (deep load);
Length	273 ft 6 in (83.4 m) (o.a.)
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
Draught	8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers; 27,000 shp (20,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 geared Brown-Curtis steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (66.7 km/h; 41.4 mph)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	82
Armament	3 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark IV guns; 1 × 2-pdr (40 mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun; 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2);

HMS Tancred was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The R class were an improvement on the previous M class with geared steam turbines to improve efficiency. Launched by Beardmore of Dalmuir on 30 June 1917, Tancred initially joined the Grand Fleet, serving as part of a flotilla that took part in one of the last naval actions of the war, although in this case the British vessels did not engage with the German High Seas Fleet. After the signing of the Armistice that ended the war and the dissolution of the Grand Fleet, the destroyer was initially transferred to the Home Fleet. However, within a year, Tancred had been allocated to the local defence flotilla at Firth of Forth. Despite being at a reduced complement as an economy measure, further reductions in fleet costs meant that the destroyer was retired. On 17 May 1928, Tancred was sold to be broken up.