HMS Tristram (1917)
HMS Tristram | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Tristram |
| Namesake | Tristram |
| Builder | J. Samuel White, Cowes |
| Laid down | 23 September 1916 |
| Launched | 24 February 1917 |
| Commissioned | 30 June 1917 |
| Out of service | 9 May 1921 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Modified Admiralty R-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,085 long tons (1,102 t) (deep load) |
| Length | 276 ft (84 m) (o.a.) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h) |
| Range | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 82 |
| Armament |
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HMS Tristram was a modified Admiralty R-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The Modified R class added attributes of the Yarrow Later M class to improve the capability of the ships to operate in bad weather. Launched in 1917, the destroyer was operational for just over four years. In 1917, Tristram joined the Grand Fleet and provided distant cover at the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight but did not engage with the enemy. After the armistice which ended the war, the destroyer was initially transferred to the Home Fleet before being placed in reserve in 1920 and then sold to be broken up in 1921.