HMS Bruce (D81)
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HMS Bruce
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| Name: | HMS Bruce |
| Namesake: | Robert the Bruce |
| Ordered: | April 1916 |
| Laid down: | 12 May 1917 |
| Launched: | 26 February 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 29 May 1918 |
| Fate: | Sunk as target off the Isle of Wight, 22 November 1939 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admiralty type destroyer leader |
| Displacement: | 1,801 long tons (1,830 t) |
| Length: | 332 ft 6 in (101.35 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Installed power: | 40,000 ihp (30,000 kW) |
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| Speed: | 36.5 kn (42.0 mph; 67.6 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nmi (5,800 mi; 9,300 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 164-183 |
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HMS Bruce was the second of eight Admiralty type flotilla leaders of the Royal Navy. Built by Cammell Laird, Bruce was commissioned on 29 May 1918. During World War I, she served with the 10th Destroyer Flotilla at Harwich. She was sunk as a target ship on 22 November 1939.
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