HMS Tornado (1917)

US media coverage of HMS Surprise, HMS Torrent, and HMS Tornado sank after entering an Imperial German minefield.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tornado
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse
Launched	4 August 1917
Completed	November 1917
Fate	Mined 23 December 1917
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	975 long tons (991 t)
Length	276 ft (84.1 m)
Beam	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught	9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Propulsion	3 boilers 2 geared Brown Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range	3,440 nmi (6,370 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	82
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) 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 Tornado 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, HMS Torrent, and HMS Tornado sank after entering an Imperial German minefield.