HMS Tipperary

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History
United Kingdom
NameTipperary
BuilderJ. Samuel White, East Cowes
Launched5 March 1915
CompletedJune 1915
AcquiredSeptember 1914
FateSunk during the Battle of Jutland, 1 June 1916
General characteristics
Class & typeFaulknor-class flotilla leader
Displacement1,742 long tons (1,770 t)
Length331 ft 3 in (100.97 m) (o/a)
Beam32 ft 6 in (9.9 m)
Draught11 ft 8 in (3.6 m) (deep load)
Installed power
Propulsion3 shafts; 3 steam turbines
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range2,405 nmi (4,454 km; 2,768 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement203
Armament

HMS Tipperary was one of six Almirante Lynch-class destroyer that had been ordered from Britain for the Chilean Navy before the start of World War I in 1914. Four of the ships were still construction when the war began and were purchased by the Royal Navy (RN). Completed in 1915 as a Faulknor-class flotilla leader, Tipperary was initially assigned to the Harwich Force, but was transferred in 1916 to the Grand Fleet where she was sunk during the Battle of Jutland.