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Tuesday, 17 March 2026

British destroyer HMS Surprise 1916-1917

Sister ship Truculent, Yarrow Later M- class destroyer©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Preceded by Yarrow M-class. Despite lacking geared steam turbines sometime described as Yarrow R-class destroyers. Ordered in July 1915, laid down by Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotland, launched on 25 November 1916, completed in February 1917 and sunk by a German mine off the Maas light ship in the night of 22-23 December 1917. 

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