HMS Springbok

Sistership HMS Thisbe
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Springbok
Namesake	Springbok
Ordered	December 1915
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Laid down	27 January 1916
Launched	9 March 1917
Commissioned	30 April 1917
Out of service	16 December 1926
Fate	Sold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	1,036 long tons (1,053 t) normal
Length	265 ft (80.8 m) long overall
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) mean
Propulsion	3 Yarrow boilers 2 geared Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed	36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	90
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX 1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2) 2 x 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Springbok was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during World War I. The R class were an improvement on the preceding M-class, including using geared steam turbines. Launched on 9 March 1917, the vessel operated as part of the Harwich Force on escort duties. In 1917, the destroyer, along with sister ship Thruster, captured the German merchant ships Brietzig and Pellworm. After the conflict, the destroyer initially was posted to the navy's torpedo school but was soon afterwards reduced to reserve. After less than ten years in service, Springbok was sold on 16 December 1926 and broken up.