Talisman-class destroyer
| HMS Marksman, HMS Talisman and HMS Termagant moored at the Hawthorn Leslie shipyard, Hebburn, 5 November 1915. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Talisman class | 
| Builders | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | 
| Operators | Royal Navy | 
| Preceded by | Thornycroft M class | 
| Succeeded by | Medea class | 
| In service | 1916–1921 | 
| Completed | 4 | 
| Lost | 1 | 
| Retired | 3 | 
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer | 
| Displacement | 1,098 long tons (1,116 t) | 
| Length | 309 ft (94 m) o/a | 
| Beam | 28 ft 7 in (8.71 m) | 
| Draught | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) | 
| Installed power | 
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| Propulsion | 3 shafts; 3 steam turbines | 
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) | 
| Complement | 102 | 
| Armament | 
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The Talisman class were a quartet of destroyers ordered for the Ottoman Navy before the First World War, but were taken over in November 1914 and completed for the Royal Navy.