HMS Tilbury (1918)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Tilbury
BuilderSwan Hunter, Wallsend
Laid downNovember 1917
Launched13 June 1918
Completed17 September 1918
FateSold February 1931
General characteristics
Class & typeS-class destroyer
Displacement1,220 long tons (1,240 t) deep load
Length276 ft 0 in (84.12 m) oa
Beam26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
Draught9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
Installed power27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Propulsion
  • 3× Yarrow boilers
  • Parsons geared steam turbines
  • 2 shafts
Speed36 kn (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Complement90
Armament
  • 3 × 4-inch (102 mm) guns
  • 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Tilbury was a S-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that served during the First World War.

The boat badge is in the shape of a boar and is in the collection of the National Maritime Museum.