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'''H.M.S. ''Torrent''''' was one of 62 destroyers of the [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Torrent''''' was one of sixty-two [["R" Class Destroyer (1916)|"R" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1916-17.


==Service==
==Service==
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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Archibald Warner|nick=Frederick A. Warner|appt=11 February, 1917<ref>Warner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/35.|D7604447}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 398''n''}}|precBy=New Command|succBy=Vessel Lost|end=23 December, 1917<ref>Warner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/35.|D7604447}} f. ?.</ref>{{KindellROH2|p. 439}}|note=died when vessel lost under his command}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 02:58, 11 July 2017

H.M.S. Torrent (1916)
Pendant Number: F.67 (Jan 1917)
F.79 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: Mar 1916 (8th Order)[3][4]
Launched: 26 Nov, 1916[5]
Completed: Feb, 1917[6]
Mined: 23 Dec, 1917[7]
Fate: in North Sea[8]

H.M.S. Torrent was one of sixty-two "R" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1916-17.

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  4. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 184.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 81.
  6. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 310.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  8. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 70.
  9. ↑ Warner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/35. f. ?.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398n.
  11. ↑ Warner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/35. f. ?.
  12. ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 439.

Bibliography


"R" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Recruit Sturgeon Sceptre Salmon Sylph
Sarpedon Sable Setter Sorceress Satyr
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Tempest Tetrarch Tenacious Thisbe Thruster
  Tormentor Tornado Torrent Torrid  
Thornycroft Specials
Rosalind Radiant Retriever Taurus Teazer
Yarrow Specials
Sabrina Strongbow Surprise Sybille Truculent
  Tyrant Ulleswater  
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  Tirade Ursula Ulysses  
  Umpire Urchin Ursa  
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