HMS Surprise (1916)

US media coverage of the Sinking of HMS Surprise, Torrent, Tornado
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Surprise
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow
Launched	25 November 1916
Completed	February 1917
Fate	Mined and sunk 23 December 1917
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	975 long tons (991 t)
Length	273 ft (83.2 m)
Beam	25 ft 7+1⁄2 in (7.81 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	3 boilers 2 direct drive Parsons steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Complement	82
Armament	3 × QF 4 inch Mark IV guns 1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2)

HMS Surprise was a Royal Navy R-class destroyer constructed and then operational in the First World War. She was sunk, with most of her crew in 1917. On 23 December 1917 HMS Surprise, Torrent, and Tornado sank after entering an Imperial German minefield.