HMS Taurus (1917)
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HMS Taurus
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Taurus |
| Ordered: | December 1915 |
| Builder: | Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 10 March 1917 |
| Fate: | Sold 18 February 1930 |
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| Class and type: | R-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,035 long tons (1,052 t) standard 1,208 long tons (1,227 t) full |
| Length: | 274 ft (83.5 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m) |
| Draught: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
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| Speed: | 36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 82 |
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H.M.S. Taurus was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy.
Taurus had a long overall of 274 feet (84 m) and a length of 265 feet (81 m) between perpendiculars.Displacement was 1,035 long tons (1,052 t) normal and 1,208 long tons (1,227 t) full load. Three Yarrow boilers fed steam to two sets of Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines rated at 29,000 shaft horsepower (22,000 kW) and driving two shafts, giving a design speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Three funnels were fitted. 296 tons of oil were carried, giving a design range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
Armament consisted of three QF 4in Mk IV guns on the ship's centreline and a single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun. Four 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes in two twin rotating mounts were carried. Fire control included a single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock. The vessel had a complement of 82 officers and men.
Taurus was one of two R-class destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty from Thornycroft in December 1915 as part of the Seventh War Construction Programme alongside Teazer. The vessel was launched on 10 March 1917 and served in the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Harwich Force during the war. The ship was reduced to reserve at Devonport on 16 October 1919 and sold to Metal Industries of Charleston for breaking on 18 February 1930.
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