HMS Rocket (1916)

Two R-class destroyers, sistership HMS Rob Roy nearest
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Rocket
Builder	Denny, Dumbarton
Yard number	1055
Laid down	28 September 1915
Launched	2 July 1916
Commissioned	7 October 1916
Decommissioned	16 December 1926
Fate	Broken up
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	975 long tons (991 t) (normal) 1,222.5 long tons (1,242 t) (deep load)
Length	265 ft (80.8 m) p.p.
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
Draught	8 ft 10+1⁄4 in (2.699 m)
Propulsion	3 Yarrow boilers 2 geared Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	82
Armament	3 × single QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns 1 × single 2-pdr 40 mm (2 in) AA gun 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Rocket was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during World War I. Launched on 2 July 1916 after being stuck on the slipway since 30 June, the ship joined the Grand Fleet, operating as part of a destroyer flotilla undertaking anti-submarine operations in the North Sea. Although the ship did not successfully engage any German submarines, there was an incident with the Royal Navy boat K7 on 16 June 1917, although that attack was aborted after the erstwhile target was identified as a friendly vessel. After the War, the destroyer served with the anti-submarine and torpedo schools at Portsmouth, and briefly during the Chanak Crisis of 1922, before being sold to be broken up on 16 December 1926.