HMS Thracian (1920)


HMS Thracian was an 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. The ships had an overall length of, a beam of and a draught of. 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 and gave a maximum speed of. The ships carried a maximum of of fuel oil that gave them a range of at. The ships' complement was 90 officers and ratings.
Thracian was armed with three QF Mark IV guns in single mounts and a single 2-pounder "pom-pom" anti-aircraft gun. The ship was fitted with two twin mounts for torpedoes. Two additional single mounts were positioned abreast the bridge at the break of the forecastle for 18-inch torpedoes. All torpedo tubes were above water and traversed to fire.

Construction and career

HMS Thracian was laid down on 17 January 1918 at Hawthorn Leslie and Company, launched on 5 March 1920 and completed at Sheerness Dockyard on 1 April 1922. The ship was run aground and scuttled at Hong Kong on 25 December 1941, later captured by the Imperial Japanese Army.

Imperial Japanese Navy service (1942 – 1945)

Patrol Boat No. 101.