HMS Torrent (1916)

US media coverage of the sinking of HMS Surprise, HMS Torrent, and Tornado sank after entering an Imperial German minefield.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Torrent
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn Tyne
Launched	26 November 1916
Completed	February 1917
Fate	Sunk by mines 23 December 1917
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	975 long tons (991 t)
Length	276 ft (84.1 m)
Draught	9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
Propulsion	3 boilers 2 geared Brown Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp
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 Torrent 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 Surprise, HMS Torrent, and Tornado sank after entering an Imperial German minefield.