HMS Tribune (1918)

	Sister ship Tara in 1918
History
United Kingdom
Name	Tribune
Namesake	Tribune
Ordered	7 April 1917
Builder	J. Samuel White, East Cowes
Yard number	1506
Laid down	21 August 1917
Launched	28 March 1918
Completed	16 July 1918
Out of service	17 December 1931
Fate	Sold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class and type	S-class destroyer
Displacement	1,075 long tons (1,092 t) normal; 1,220 long tons (1,240 t) deep load;
Length	265 ft (81 m) p.p.
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
Draught	9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) mean
Propulsion	3 White-Forster boilers; 2 geared Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW);
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	2,750 nmi (5,090 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	90
Armament	3 × single QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark IV guns; 1 × single 2-pdr 40 mm (1.6 in) Mk. II AA gun; 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2);

HMS Tribune was an S-class destroyer that served with the Royal Navy during the Russian Civil War. Launched in 1918, the vessel entered service with the Aegean Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet. Tribune saw no action during the First World War but was involved in supporting the evacuation of refugees from the Russian Civil War, particularly from Crimea in 1920 and 1921. The ship also visited Constantinople in 1920 and 1922 during the Turkish War of Independence. In 1923, the destroyer was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet. In 1929, the ship took part in simulated amphibious warfare with the Territorial Army. In 1930, the signing of the London Naval Treaty required the Royal Navy to retire older destroyers before acquiring new ones. Tribune was one of those chosen for retirement and, in 1931, the destroyer was sold to be broken up.

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