&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Rob_Roy_(1916)_IWM_SP_1347.jpg) Two R-class destroyers, sistership HMS Rob Roy nearest
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Rocket |
| Builder | Denny, Dumbarton |
| Yard number | 1055 |
| Laid down | 28 September 1915 |
| Launched | 2 July 1916 |
| Commissioned | 7 October 1916 |
| Decommissioned | 16 December 1926 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | R-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 265 ft (80.8 m) p.p. |
| Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 10+1⁄4 in (2.699 m) |
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| Speed | 36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h) |
| Range | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 82 |
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HMS Rocket was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during World War I. Launched on 2 July 1916 after being stuck on the slipway since 30 June, the ship joined the Grand Fleet, operating as part of a destroyer flotilla undertaking anti-submarine operations in the North Sea. Although the ship did not successfully engage any German submarines, there was an incident with the Royal Navy boat K7 on 16 June 1917, although that attack was aborted after the erstwhile target was identified as a friendly vessel. After the War, the destroyer served with the anti-submarine and torpedo schools at Portsmouth, and briefly during the Chanak Crisis of 1922, before being sold to be broken up on 16 December 1926.