HMS Turbulent (1919)

HMS Turbulent was an S-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Description
The S-class destroyers were improved versions of the preceding Modified R class. They displaced 1075 LT. The ships had an overall length of 276 ft, a beam of 26 ft and a draught of 9 ft. They were powered by two Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Yarrow boilers. The turbines developed a total of 27000 shp and gave a maximum speed of 36 kn. The ships carried a maximum of 301 LT of fuel oil that gave them a range of 2750 nmi at 15 kn. The ships' complement was 90 officers and ratings.

Turbulent was armed with three QF 4 in Mark IV guns in single mounts and a single 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-pom" anti-aircraft gun. The ship was fitted with two twin mounts for 21 in torpedoes. Two additional single mounts were positioned abreast the bridge at the break of the forecastle for 18-inch (45 cm) torpedoes. All torpedo tubes were above water and traversed to fire.

Construction and career
Turbulent was laid down on 14 November 1917 by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, launched on 29 May 1919 and completed on 10 October. The ship saw little or no active service before being struck in 1936. She was one of the obsolete destroyers handed over to the shipbreakers Thos. W. Ward in part-payment for RMS Majestic (1914) on 25 August 1936, and was then broken up at Inverkeithing.