R Class Destroyer (1916) - Admiralty R-class Ships

Admiralty R-class Ships

• Radstock, built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend on Tyne; launched 3 June 1916; sold for breaking up 29 April 1927.
• Raider, built by Swan Hunter; launched 17 July 1916; sold for breaking up 29 April 1927.

Seventeen ships ordered in July 1915.

• Romola, built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank; launched 14 May 1916; sold for breaking up 13 March 1930.
• Rowena, built by John Brown; launched 1 July 1916; delivered for breaking up 27 January 1937.
• Restless, built by John Brown; launched 12 August 1916; delivered for breaking up 23 November 1936.
• Rigorous, built by John Brown; launched 30 September 1916; sold for breaking up 5 November 1926.
• Rocket, built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton; launched 2 July 1916; sold for breaking up 16 December 1926.
• Rob Roy, built by Denny; launched 29 August 1916; sold for breaking up 13 July 1926.
• Redgauntlet, built by Denny; launched 23 November 1916; sold for breaking up July 1927.
• Redoubt, built by William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland; launched 28 October 1916; sold for breaking up 13 July 1926.
• Recruit, built by Doxford; launched 9 December 1916; torpedoed in the North Sea by UB-16 9 August 1917.
• Sable, built by J. Samuel White, Cowes; launched 28 June 1916; sold for breaking up August 1927.
• Setter, built by White; launched 18 August 1916; sunk in collision with Sylph off Harwich 17 May 1917.
• Salmon, built by Harland and Wolff, Govan; launched 7 October 1916; renamed Sable in December 1933, sold for breaking up (delivered) 28 January 1937.
• Sylph, built by Harland and Wolff, Govan; launched 15 November 1916; sold for breaking up 16 December 1926, but stranded while under tow en route to breakers 28 January 1927 and broken up at Aberavon.
• Sarpedon, built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Hebburn on Tyne; launched 1 June 1916; sold for breaking up 13 July 1926.
• Sorceress, built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Wallsend on Tyne; launched 29 August 1916; sold for breaking up 29 April 1927.
• Sturgeon, built by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Govan; launched 11 January 1917; sold for breaking up 16 December 1926.
• Sceptre, built by Stephens; launched 18 April 1917; sold for breaking up 16 December 1926.

Eight ships ordered in December 1915.

• Satyr, built by William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir; launched 27 December 1916; sold for breaking up 16 December 1926.
• Sharpshooter, built by Beardmore; launched 27 February 1917; sold for breaking up 29 April 1927.
• Simoom, built by John Brown; launched 30 October 1916; torpedoed bu German torpedoboat S.50 in the North Sea 23 January 1917.
• Skate, built by John Brown; launched 11 January 1917; sold for breaking up 4 March 1947.
• Skilful, built by Harland and Wolff, Govan; launched 3 February 1917; sold for breaking up 13 July 1926.
• Springbok, built by Harland and Wolff, Govan; launched 9 March 1917; sold for breaking up 16 December 1926.
• Starfish, built by Hawthorn Leslie; launched 27 September 1916; sold for breaking up 21 April 1928.
• Stork, built by Hawthorn Leslie; launched 15 November 1916; sold for breaking up 7 October 1927.

Twenty-three ships ordered in March 1916, of which twelve were to the same design as the previous batch.

• Tancred, built by Beardmore; launched 30 June 1917; sold for breaking up 17 May 1928.
• Tarpon, built by John Brown; launched 10 March 1917; sold for breaking up 4 August 1927.
• Telemachus, built by John Brown; launched 21 April 1917; sold for breaking up 26 July 1927.
• Tempest, built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company; launched 26 January 1917; sold for breaking up (delivered) 28 January 1937.
• Tenacious, built by Harland and Wolff, Govan; launched 21 May 1917; sold for breaking up 26 June 1928.
• Tetrarch, built by Harland and Wolff, Govan; launched 20 April 1917; sold for breaking up 28 July 1934.
• Thisbe, built by Hawthorn Leslie; launched 8 March 1917; sold for breaking up (delivered) 31 August 1936.
• Thruster, built by Hawthorn Leslie; launched 10 January 1917; sold for breaking up 1937.
• Tormentor, built by Stephen; launched 22 May 1917; sold for breaking up 19 November 1929, but wrecked off South Wales while under tow en route to breakers 13 December 1929.
• Tornado, built by Stephen; launched 4 August 1917; mined in the North Sea 23 December 1917.
• Torrent, built by Swan Hunter; launched 26 November 1917; mined in the North Sea 23 December 1917.
• Torrid, built by Swan Hunter; launched 10 February 1917; sold for breaking up 27 January 1937, but wrecked off Falmouth while under tow en route to breakers 16 March 1937.