HMS Crusader (1909)

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HMS Crusader
History
Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Crusader
BuilderJ S White
Launched20 March 1909
Honours and
awards
Belgian Coast, 1914-16
FateSold for Scrap 1920
General characteristics
Class and type Tribal-class destroyer
Length255 ft (78 m)
Beam25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Speed33  kn (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Armament2 × 4 in (102 mm)
2 × single 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Crusader was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1909. During the First World War she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla. Following the War she was sold for scrap to Thos. W. Ward on 30 June 1920 for scrapping at Preston.

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