Английская Википедия:HMS Torrent (1916)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Torrent was a Royal Navy R-class destroyer constructed and then operational in the First World War. She was sunk, with most of her crew in 1917. On 23 December 1917 Шаблон:HMS, HMS Torrent, and Шаблон:HMS sank after entering an Imperial German minefield.
Construction
Torrent was ordered from Swan Hunter by the British Admiralty in March 1916 as part of the Eighth War Construction Programme.[lower-alpha 1] The ship was launched at Swan Hunter's Wallsend, Tyne and Wear shipyard on 26 November 1916 and completed in February 1917.[2]
Torrent was Шаблон:Convert long overall, with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a draught of Шаблон:Convert. Displacement was Шаблон:Convert normal and Шаблон:Convert deep load. Three Yarrow boilers fed steam to two sets of Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines rated at Шаблон:Convert and driving two shafts, giving a design speed of Шаблон:Convert. Three funnels were fitted.[3] 296 tons of oil were carried, giving a design range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[4] Armament consisted of three QF 4in Mk IV guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised bandstand and one between the second and third funnels. A single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun was fitted, while torpedo armament consisted of four 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes in two twin mounts.[3] The ship had a complement of 82 officers and men.[3]
Service
On commissioning, Torrent joined the 10th Destroyer Flotilla of the Harwich Force.[5] On the night of 4/5 June 1917 the Dover Patrol carried out a bombardment of the German-held port of Ostend using the monitors Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:HMS, with the Harwich force sailing to cover the operation. Torrent was one of a group of four light cruisers and nine destroyers patrolling off the Thornton Bank. At about 02:30 hr the group encountered two German torpedo boats Шаблон:SMS and Шаблон:SMS. The two torpedo boats retreated under heavy fire towards Zeebrugge, and Torrent, along with Шаблон:HMS, Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:HMS were ordered to pursue. S20 was immobilised by a hit in the boiler room and was sunk, while S15, although heavily damaged, was able to escape, with the British destroyers turning back to avoid fire from shore batteries. The shore bombardment sank the German submarine Шаблон:Ship[lower-alpha 2] and damaged Шаблон:Ship and the torpedo boats Шаблон:SMS and Шаблон:SMS.[7][8]
One of the duties of the Harwich Force destroyers was the so-called "Beef Run", convoys to and from The Netherlands.[9] Torrent was part of the escort of a Netherlands-bound convoy on 22 December, when the destroyer Шаблон:HMS struck a mine and was badly damaged, having to be towed to Harwich by the destroyer Шаблон:HMS. The remainder of the convoy reached the Hook of Holland safely, and the escort waited near the Maas Light Buoy for the return convoy. At about 02:00 hr on 23 December, Torrent, Шаблон:HMS, Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:HMS ran into a German minefield, with Torrent striking a German mine. Surprise and Tornado went to rescue TorrentШаблон:'s crew, but Torrent struck a second mine and quickly sank. In an attempt to rescue survivors, Surprise and Tornado also struck mines and sank. Only Radiant was undamaged and picked up the survivors from the three ships.[10][11] In total, 12 officers and 240 other ranks were killed from the three ships.[12] Only three of TorrentШаблон:'s crew survived, with 68 killed.[13]
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