HMS Lydiard (1914)

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HMS Lydiard was a Laforey class torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 26 February 1914.

She served in World War I with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, and fought at the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914 and the Battle of Jutland in 1916. During the Battle of Heligoland Bight, she is credited with torpedoing the German light cruiser SMS Mainz.

She was transferred to escort duties after 1917, and sold for breaking in November 1921.

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