H.M.S. Turbulent (1916)

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H.M.S. Turbulent (1916)
Pendant Number: G.42 (Sep 1915)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[2]
Ordered: Nov 1914[3]
Launched: 5 Jan, 1916[4]
Commissioned: 12 May, 1916[5]
Rammed: 1 Jun, 1916[6]
Fate: at Battle of Jutland

H.M.S. Turbulent was one of four destroyers of the Talisman class.

Service

Though then assigned to the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla, she fought with flotilla-mate Termagant with the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland, and was lost in that action.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 69.
  7. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 224.
  8. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 224.
  9. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. pp. 218-9. He died when she was lost.

Bibliography


Talisman Class Destroyer
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