HMS Crusader (1909)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Crusader.
 HMS Crusader | |
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Crusader |
| Builder: | J S White |
| Launched: | 20 March 1909 |
| Honours and awards: | Belgian Coast, 1914-16 |
| Fate: | Sold for Scrap 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tribal-class destroyer |
| Length: | 255 ft (78 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Speed: | 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
HMS Crusader was a Tribal class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1909. During the First World War she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla. Following the War she was sold for scrap to Thomas William Ward (industrialist) on 30 June 1920 for scrapping at Preston.
References
- HMS Crusader, Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels
- HMS Crusader Battle Honours
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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