| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Lydiard |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn |
| Launched: | 26 February 1914 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, November 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Laforey class torpedo boat destroyer |
| Displacement: | 965–1,003 long tons (980–1,019 t) |
| Length: | 269 ft (82 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Propulsion: | Water-tube boilers Parsons steam turbines 24,500 shp (18.3 MW) 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Complement: | 77 |
| Armament: | • 3 × QF 4-inch (100 mm) Mk IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX • 1 × QF 2 pdr pom-pom Mk. II • 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
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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