HMS Redoubt (1916)

Two R-class destroyers, sister ship HMS Rob Roy nearest
History
United Kingdom
Name	Redoubt
Builder	Doxford, Sunderland
Launched	28 October 1916
Decommissioned	13 July 1926
Fate	Sold for scrap, 13 July 1926
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	276 ft (84.1 m) (o.a.)
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 geared Parsons steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (66.7 km/h; 41.4 mph)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	82
Armament	3 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark IV guns 1 × single 2-pdr (40 mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2)

HMS Redoubt was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during World War I. The R class was an improvement of the preceding M-class, primarily through having geared steam turbines which offered greater efficiency and range. Launched on 28 October 1916, the ship joined the Harwich Force, operating as part of a destroyer flotilla undertaking convoy escort and anti-submarine operations in the North Sea. During 1918, Redoubt took part in an experiment to launch fighter aircraft from a lighter towed beyond a destroyer. The first flight took place on 1 August and the first successful operation ten days later when the Sopwith Camel flew by Lieutenant S.D. Culley took off and destroyed the German airship LZ 100. After the war, the vessel was transferred to the Home Fleet but was sold on 13 July 1926 to be broken up, part of a large scale disposal of older destroyers by the Navy.