&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Tobago_(1918)_IWM_SP_1330.jpg) Sistership HMS Tobago in 1918
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Speedy |
| Ordered | April 1917 |
| Builder | Thornycroft |
| Laid down | May 1917 |
| Launched | 1 June 1918 |
| Commissioned | 14 August 1918 |
| Out of service | 24 September 1922 |
| Fate | Sunk following collision in the Sea of Marmara |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | S-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,087 long tons (1,104 t) standard 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) deep load |
| Length | 266 ft 9 in (81.3 m) between perpendiculars |
| Beam | 27 ft 4 in (8.3 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) |
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| Speed | 36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h) |
| Range | 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement | 90 |
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HMS Speedy was a Thornycroft S-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War, Russian Civil War and the Greco-Turkish War. Speedy was one of a pair of destroyers ordered from Thornycroft with more powerful geared turbines and design changes like a raised forecastle that improved seakeeping. Launched on 1 June 1918, the vessel operated as part of the 12th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet for the last months the War. After the Armistice, the vessel joined the Mediterranean Fleet and took part in actions in the Black Sea and Sea of Marmara. It was during action there that the ship struck a tug on 24 September 1922. The collision sank the destroyer, killing ten sailors.