Talisman-class destroyer

HMS Marksman, HMS Talisman and HMS Termagant moored at the Hawthorn Leslie shipyard, Hebburn, 5 November 1915.
Class overview
NameTalisman class
BuildersHawthorn Leslie and Company
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byThornycroft M class
Succeeded byMedea class
In service1916–1921
Completed4
Lost1
Retired3
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement1,098 long tons (1,116 t)
Length309 ft (94 m) o/a
Beam28 ft 7 in (8.71 m)
Draught9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Installed power
Propulsion3 shafts; 3 steam turbines
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement102
Armament

The Talisman class were a quartet of destroyers ordered for the Ottoman Navy before the First World War, but were taken over in November 1914 and completed for the Royal Navy.