Talisman class destroyer
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Talisman class destroyer |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,098 tons |
| Length: | 309 ft (94.2 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft 6 in (8.7 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft 6 in (2.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Yarrow-type water-tube boilers, Parsons steam turbines, 3 shafts, 25,000 shp |
| Speed: | 32 kts (59 km/h) |
| Range: | 238 tons oil, ? |
| Complement: | 102 |
| Armament: | 5 x 4 in L/40 QF Mark IV, single mounting P Mk. IX 2 x twin tubes for 21 in (53.3 cm)torpedoes |
The Talisman class were a class of destroyers that were building for the Turkish Navy at the outbreak of World War I and that were taken over and completed for the Royal Navy for wartime service.
The Talismans were a private design by Hawthorn Leslie and Company that were longer than but drew less than their Royal Navy contemporaries. Being large, they frequently acted as flotilla leaders. They were heavily armed for their time, shipping five single QF 4 inch (10 cm) guns. An unusual departure from Royal Navy practice in the Talismans, shared only with the ex-Chilean Faulknors and the singleton Swift, was the shipping of two guns side by side on the forecastle. The other guns were carried one between the first and second funnels, one after the searchlight platform and one on a bandstand on the quarterdeck. All the guns had half-shields. The hull form was considered particularly successful and was adopted for the V and W class of 1917, arguably the peak of destroyer development at the time.
[edit] Ships
- Talisman - built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, laid down December 7, 1914, launched July 15, 1915, completed January 1, 1916, sold for scrapping 1921
- Trident - built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, laid down July 1, 1915, launched November 20, 1915, completed March 24, 1916, sold for scrapping 1921
- Termagant - built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, laid down December 17, 1914, launched August 26, 1915, completed March 18, 1916, sold for scrapping 1921
- Turbulent - built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, laid down 1915, launched January 5, 1916, completed May 1916, sunk in collision with unknown German capital ship during Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916
[edit] Bibliography
- Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981, Maurice Cocker, 1983, Ian Allan ISBN 0-7110-1075-7
- Jane's Fighting Ships, 1919, Jane's Publishing
