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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Tenacious |
| Ordered | March 1916 |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Govan |
| Laid down | 25 July 1916 |
| Launched | 21 March 1917 |
| Completed | 12 August 1917 |
| Out of service | 26 June 1928 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | R-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 265 ft (81 m) (p.p.) |
| Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (3 m) |
| Installed power | 3 Yarrow boilers, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 geared Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 82 |
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HMS Tenacious was an R-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The R class were an improvement on the previous M class with geared steam turbines to improve efficiency. Launched in 1917, Tenacious served with the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet. The destroyer had a generally uneventful war. Despite sailing in 1918 to engage the German High Seas Fleet in one of the final sorties of war, the destroyer did not see the enemy fleet and no shots were fired. After the Armistice, the ship was stationed at Devonport. Following a decision to replace older destroyers in the Royal Navy, Tenacious was retired in 1928 and sold to be broken up.