HMS Tipperary (1914)

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HMS Tipperary, launched on 5th March 1914, was an Faulknor-class destroyer leader.

Originally ordered by Chile they were bought by the Royal Navy at the outbreak of World War I and served with the 4th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet. Sunk on 1st June 1916 at the battle of Jutland by 5.9 inch (150 mm) fire from the secondary battery of the German dreadnought SMS Westfalen and sank with the loss of 185 hands from her crew of 197.

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