HMS Somme (1918)
Somme at anchor near Hong Kong, August, 1928 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Somme |
| Ordered | 9 April 1917 |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering, Govan |
| Laid down | November 1917 |
| Launched | 10 September 1918 |
| Commissioned | 4 November 1918 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, August 1932 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | S-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) (normal) |
| Length | 276 ft (84.1 m) o/a |
| Beam | 26 ft 8 in (8.1 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 10 in (3 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 Shafts; 1 steam turbine |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 82 |
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HMS Somme was an Admiralty S-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during World War I. Commissioned seven days before the end of the war, the ship was sold for scrap in 1932.