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HMS Tower was a modified R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the White Tower of the Tower of London. She was built by Swan Hunter, and launched on 5 April 1917. She is noted for having the first modern Royal Navy ship's badge. She served as part of the Grand Fleet and Harwich Force. She held the pennant number of F24 from January 1918 until she was sold in 1928. Prior to this the pennant number of F24 was held by for one year from January 1917 onwards.

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  • HMS Tower was a modified R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the White Tower of the Tower of London. She was built by Swan Hunter, and launched on 5 April 1917. She is noted for having the first modern Royal Navy ship's badge. She served as part of the Grand Fleet and Harwich Force. She held the pennant number of F24 from January 1918 until she was sold in 1928. Prior to this the pennant number of F24 was held by for one year from January 1917 onwards. (en)
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  • "God save King George and his Tower"
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  • 1917-04-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Sold for scrapping 1928
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  • *3 × QF Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX *1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun *4 × torpedo tubes (en)
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  • destroyer (en)
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  • 82 (xsd:integer)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • 1928-05-17 (xsd:date)
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  • * standard * built by Thornycroft * built by Yarrow (en)
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  • Sold for scrapping 1928 (en)
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  • September 1916 (en)
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  • "God save King George and his Tower" (en)
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  • HMS Tower (en)
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  • *3 boilers *2 geared Brown Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp (en)
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  • HMS Tower was a modified R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the White Tower of the Tower of London. She was built by Swan Hunter, and launched on 5 April 1917. She is noted for having the first modern Royal Navy ship's badge. She served as part of the Grand Fleet and Harwich Force. She held the pennant number of F24 from January 1918 until she was sold in 1928. Prior to this the pennant number of F24 was held by for one year from January 1917 onwards. (en)
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  • HMS Tower (1917) (en)
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