HMS Stork (1916)

	Two R-class destroyers, sister ship HMS Rob Roy nearest
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Stork
Ordered	December 1915
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn
Laid down	10 April 1916
Launched	25 November 1916
Completed	1 February 1917
Out of service	7 October 1927
Fate	Sold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	975 long tons (991 t) (normal); 1,173 long tons (1,192 t) (deep load);
Length	265 ft (80.8 m) (p.p.); 276 ft (84.1 m) (o.a.);
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.1 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers; 27,000 shp (20,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 shafts
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	82
Armament	3 × single QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns; 1 × single 2 pdr 40 mm (1.6 in) AA gun; 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Stork was an R-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The R-class were an improvement on the previous M-class with geared steam turbines to improve efficiency. Launched by Hawthorn Leslie at Hebburn in 1917, Stork joined the Harwich Force. The destroyer saw service escorting convoys in the English Channel and encountered both German submarines and torpedo boats, but did not record any hits on the enemy. The vessel also supported attacks on German forces on the coast of Western Europe by Coastal Motor Boats, flying boats and monitors, including the Zeebrugge Raid of 1918.

After the armistice that ended the war, the destroyer was transferred to the Gunnery School at Nore in 1919. In 1922, the warship carried representatives to the unveiling of war memorials in Dunkirk and Ostend. The Navy decided to retire many of the older vessels as new destroyers were introduced. In 1927, Stork was sold to be broken up.

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