HMS Serene (1918)
HMS Serene in 1919 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Serene |
| Ordered | June 1917 |
| Builder | Denny, Dumbarton |
| Yard number | 1102 |
| Laid down | 2 February 1918 |
| Launched | 30 November 1918 |
| Completed | 11 April 1919 |
| Out of service | 14 September 1936 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | S-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 265 ft (80.8 m) p.p. |
| Beam | 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) mean |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h) |
| Range | 2,750 nmi (5,090 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 90 |
| Armament |
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HMS Serene was an S-class destroyer, which served with the Royal Navy. Launched on 30 November 1918 just after the end of the First World War, the ship was commissioned into the Reserve Fleet. Excluding a brief expedition to Latvia near to the end of that nation's War of Independence in 1919, the destroyer remained in reserve at Devonport until 1936. During this period, the condition of the destroyer deteriorated. Then, as part of a deal for the liner Majestic, Serene was sold to be broken up on 14 September.