HMS Retriever (1917)

Sister ship HMS Taurus
History
United Kingdom
Name	Retriever
Ordered	July 1915
Builder	Thornycroft, Woolston
Launched	15 January 1917
Decommissioned	26 July 1927
Fate	Broken up
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	1,035 long tons (1,052 t) (normal) 1,208 long tons (1,227 t) (deep load)
Length	274 ft 3 in (84 m) o.a.
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.3 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion	3 Yarrow boilers 2 geared Brown Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	82
Armament	3 × single QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns 1 × single 2-pdr 40 mm (2 in) AA gun 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Retriever was a Thornycroft-built R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. Launched in 1917, the vessel formed part of the Harwich Force and took part in operations off the coast of Ostend in support of the bombardment of the town in June that year. During August the following year, the vessel attempted to deploy a seaplane from a towed lighter, but a lack of wind meant the operation was unsuccessful. The vessel was also jointly credited with the destruction of the submarine SM UB-54 that year, although this has been disputed. After the war, the ship was placed in reserve and was sold to be broken up in 1927.