HMS Saumarez (1916)

HMS Saumarez
History
United Kingdom
Ordered	July 1915
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	2 March 1916
Launched	14 October 1916
Commissioned	21 December 1916
Fate	Sold for scrap January 1931
General characteristics
Class and type	Parker-class flotilla leader
Displacement	1,660–1,673 long tons (1,687–1,700 t)
Length	325 ft (99.1 m) oa 315 ft (96.0 m) pp
Beam	31 ft 9 in (9.7 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow boilers, Parsons turbines, 3 shafts 36,000 shaft horsepower (27,000 kW)
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	4,920 nautical miles (9,110 km; 5,660 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	116
Armament	4 × single QF 4-inch Mark IV guns 2 × 2-pounder "pom-pom" guns 2 × twin 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube sets 2 × depth charge chutes

HMS Saumarez was a Parker-class flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy. She was built by Cammell Laird during the First World War, being launched on 14 October 1916 and completing on 21 December that year. Saumarez served with the Grand Fleet for the rest of the war, which she survived. The ship was sold for scrap in January 1931.