&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Satyr_F59_1918.png) HMS Satyr in 1918 at Harwich where she was stationed
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Satyr |
| Builder | William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir |
| Yard number | 549 |
| Laid down | April 1916 |
| Launched | 27 December 1916 |
| Completed | 2 February 1917 |
| Out of service | 16 December 1926 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | R-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 276 ft (84.1 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.1 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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| 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 |
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HMS Satyr was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. Launched on 27 December 1916, Satyr joined the Harwich Force under the command of Commander Hubert de Burgh. In 1917, the destroyer formed part of a force protecting the monitors Erebus and Terror in their bombardment of Ostend. As part of this action, Satyr, along with sister ships Taurus, Sharpshooter and Torrent, sank the German destroyer S20. After the war, the ship served with the Torpedo School at the Devonport. In 1923, the Navy decided to retire many of the older destroyers in preparation for the introduction of newer and larger vessels and Satyr was sold to be broken up on 16 December 1926.