HMS Crusader (1909)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Crusader.

HMS Crusader
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Crusader
Builder	J S White
Launched	20 March 1909
Honours and awards	Belgian Coast, 1914-16
Fate	Sold for Scrap 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Length	255 ft (78 m)
Beam	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Speed	33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Armament	2 × 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.

References

• HMS Crusader, Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels
• HMS Crusader Battle Honours

Publications

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
• Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
• Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
• Manning, T. D. (1961). The British Destroyer. London: Putnam & Co. OCLC 6470051.
• March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.