HMS Tipperary (1915)

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Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	HMS Tipperary
Builder:	J S White, Cowes
Launched:	March 5, 1915
Commissioned:	1916
Fate:	Sunk at Jutland, 31 May 1916
General characteristics
Class and type:	Faulknor class
Displacement:	1,700 tons
Length:	331 feet (100.9 m)
Beam:	32.6 feet (9.9 m)
Draught:	11 feet (3.4 m)
Propulsion:	6 White-Forster type water-tube boilers, steam turbines, 3 shafts, 30,000 shp
Speed:	32 knots
Complement:	197
Armament:	6×4" L/40 QF Mark VI, single mounting P Mk. XI, 2×twin tubes for 21" torpedoes (4×single" Botha).

HMS Tipperary, launched on 5th March 1914, was a 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.

Tipperary led the 4th Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland under Captain C. J. Wintour. Tipperary and her squadron pressed home determined torpedo attacks on the German main battle line as it escaped across the rear of the British fleet during the night action, starting at approximately 23:20 on 31 May 1916 . The 4th Flotilla sank one of the German light cruisers, but Tipperary and many of the other British destroyers were sunk or badly damaged. These engagements took place at such close range that some of Tipperary's squadron were able to hit the German dreadnoughts with their small 4-inch guns, causing casualties that included command officers on the bridges.

HMS Tipperary was sunk on 1st June 1916 by 5.9 inch (150 mm) fire from the secondary battery of the German dreadnought SMS Westfalen with the loss of 185 hands from her crew of 197.

[edit] References

• http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/destroyers_before_1900.htm
• Massie, Robert K (2003). Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea. Random House. ISBN 0-345-40878-0.