HMS Setter (1916)

Two R-class destroyers, sister ship HMS Rob Roy nearest
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Setter
Ordered	July 1915
Builder	J. Samuel White, East Cowes
Yard number	1478
Launched	18 August 1916
Completed	12 February 1917
Decommissioned	17 May 1917
Fate	Sank after collision with HMS Sylph
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 Setter was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The R class were an improvement on the previous M class with geared steam turbines to improve efficiency. Laid down by J. Samuel White at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, the destroyer was launched on 18 August 1916 and joined the Harwich Force. The ship escorted merchant vessels that travelled between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands as part of a small flotilla of destroyers. The convoys were subject to attack from German warships, but Setter was never hit by enemy attack. Instead, during the foggy night of 17 May 1917, the destroyer was struck by sister ship Sylph, leader of the small flotilla. The damage was critical and the crew were evacuated to Sylph as Setter sank with no loss of life.