HMS Rob Roy (1916)

HMS Rob Roy was a Royal Navy R-class destroyer constructed and then operational in the First World War. The ship served in the Grand Fleet as part of the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla.

HMS Rob Roy moored next to another R-class destroyer
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Rob Roy
BuilderDenny, Dumbarton
Laid down15 October 1915
Launched29 August 1916
Completed15 December 1916
FateSold 13 July 1926
General characteristics
Class and typeR-class destroyer
Displacement975 long tons (991 t)
Length276 ft (84.1 m)
Beam26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Propulsion
  • 3 boilers
  • 2 geared Brown Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range3,440 nmi (6,370 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement82
Armament
  • 3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns
  • 1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun
  • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2)
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