HMS Rosalind (1916)

Sister ship HMS Taurus
History
United Kingdom
Name: Rosalind
Ordered: July 1915
Builder: Thornycroft
Laid down: October 1915
Launched: 14 October 1916
Commissioned: December 1916
Decommissioned: 13 July 1926
Fate: Sold, 21 April 1928
General characteristics
Class and type: R-class destroyer
Displacement: 1,035 long tons (1,052 t) standard 1,208 long tons (1,227 t) full
Length: 274 ft (83.5 m)
Beam: 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
Draught: 11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range: 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement: 82
Armament:

HMS Rosalind was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy.

Design

Rosalind was one of three R-class destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty from Thornycroft in July 1915 as part of the Sixth War Construction Programme.

Rosalind had a long overall of 274 feet (84 m), with a beam of 27 feet 6 inches (8.38 m) and a draught of 11 feet (3.4 m).[1] Displacement was 1,035 long tons (1,052 t) normal and 1,208 long tons (1,227 t) full load.[2] Three Yarrow boilers fed steam to two sets of Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines rated at 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW) and driving two shafts, giving a design speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Three funnels were fitted. 296 tons of oil were carried, giving a design range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).[3]

Armament consisted of three QF 4in Mk IV guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised bandstand and one between the second and third funnels. A single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun was carried, along with four 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes in two twin rotating mounts. Fire control included a single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock. The vessel had a complement of 82 officers and men.[2]

Service

Rosalind was laid down in October 1915 and launched on 14 October 1916.[2] On commissioning in December 1916, the ship joined the Grand Fleet, serving until the end of the war as part of the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[4] Having been paid off earlier in the year, the vessel was re-commissioned on 15 December 1919, with a reduced complement.[5][6] Rosalind formed part of the local defence flotilla for Portsmouth under the cruiser Dido.[7] The destroyer was sold for breaking up on 13 July 1926.

Pennant numbers

Pennant Number Date
G95January 1917[8]
G89January 1918[8]

References

  1. ↑ Forward, Raymond. "12th December 1917 Royal Navy Ships". The Acorn Archive. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. p. 81. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
  3. ↑ Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the First World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
  4. ↑ "Destroyer Flottilas of the Grand Fleet". Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: 12. January 1917.
  5. ↑ "Ships Paid Off". The Navy List: 711. October 1919.
  6. ↑ "Rosalind". The Navy List: 867. January 1921.
  7. ↑ "Local Defence and Training Establishments, Patrol Flotillas, Etc". The Navy List: 704. January 1921.
  8. 1 2 Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allen. p. 71. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
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