&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Sepoy_(1918)_IWM_Q_092738.jpg) Sepoy while serving in Asia in c. 1930
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Sepoy |
| Namesake | Sepoy |
| Ordered | 7 April 1917 |
| Builder | Denny, Dumbarton |
| Yard number | 1099 |
| Laid down | 6 August 1917 |
| Launched | 22 May 1918 |
| Completed | 6 August 1918 |
| Out of service | 2 July 1932 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | S-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 265 ft (80.8 m) p.p. |
| Beam | 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) mean |
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| Speed | 36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h) |
| Range | 2,750 nmi (5,090 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 90 |
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HMS Sepoy was an S-class destroyer, which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War and the Russian Civil War. Sepoy was launched in 1918 and initially joined the Grand Fleet. After the Armistice that ended the First World War, the ship was briefly transferred to the Reserve Fleet before sailing to Tallinn in 1919 as part of the Royal Navy response to the fighting there. Sepoy rejoined the Reserve Fleet at the end of the year. In 1922, the destroyer served in the Mediterranean Sea. The ship was later allocated to the naval base in Hong Kong, arriving in 1929. During exercises the following year, a depth charge explosion killed six sailors. The destroyer was also damaged. Following the signing of the London Naval Treaty a few days later, Sepoy returned to the United Kingdom and, in 1932, was sold to be broken up at Newport, Wales.