HMS Liberty (1913)

Liberty
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Liberty
Builder	J. Samuel White, East Cowes
Yard number	1391
Laid down	31 August 1912
Launched	15 September 1913
Out of service	5 November 1921
Fate	Broken up
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Laforey-class destroyer
Displacement	965 long tons (980 t) (normal) 1,150 long tons (1,170 t) (deep load)
Length	268 ft 8 in (82 m) (o/a)
Beam	27 ft 8 in (8 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3 m)
Installed power	3 White-Forster boilers, 24,500 shp (18,300 kW) 2 geared Parsons steam turbines, 24,500 shp (18,300 kW)
Propulsion	Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts
Speed	29 knots (33 mph; 54 km/h)
Range	1,720 nmi (3,185 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	73
Armament	3 × single QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns 1 × single 7.7 mm (0.3 in) Maxim gun 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Liberty was a Laforey-class destroyer that served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. Launched on 15 September 1913 as HMS Rosalind, the ship was renamed on 30 September under an Admiralty order to become one of the first alphabetical class destroyers. On commissioning, the vessel joined the Third Destroyer Flotilla and operated as part of the Harwich Force. During Battle of Heligoland Bight, Liberty engaged with the German torpedo boats G194 and G196, and scored two hits on the cruiser Mainz. On 8 February 1917, the destroyer rammed and sank the German submarine UC-46. The vessel also played a minor role in the battles of Dogger Bank, Dover Strait and Jutland, as well as acting as a convoy escort and patrolling the Dover Barrage. With the cessation of hostilities, the ship was placed in reserve and sold to be broken up on 5 November 1921.