HMS Tower (1917)

Tower during sea trials
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tower
Namesake	White Tower, Tower of London
Builder	Swan Hunter
Laid down	September 1916
Launched	5 April 1917
Decommissioned	17 May 1928
Motto	"God save King George and his Tower"
Fate	Sold for scrapping 1928
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	975 long tons (991 t) standard 1,035 long tons (1,052 t) built by Thornycroft 930 long tons (940 t) built by Yarrow
Length	276 ft (84.1 m)
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
Draught	9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
Propulsion	3 boilers 2 geared Brown Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp
Speed	36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range	3,440 nmi (6,370 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	82
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)

HMS Tower was a modified R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the White Tower of the Tower of London. She was built by Swan Hunter, and launched on 5 April 1917. She is noted for having the first modern Royal Navy ship's badge. She served as part of the Grand Fleet and Harwich Force.

She held the pennant number of F24 from January 1918 until she was sold in 1928. Prior to this the pennant number of F24 was held by HMS Rival for one year from January 1917 onwards.^[1]