HMS Simoom (1916)

	HMS Simoom in 1916
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Simoom
Namesake	Simoom
Ordered	December 1915
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	455
Laid down	23 May 1916
Launched	30 October 1916
Commissioned	22 December 1916
Out of service	23 January 1917
Fate	Torpedoed by SMS S50 and sunk
General characteristics
Class and type	R-class destroyer
Displacement	975 long tons (991 t) normal; 1,173 long tons (1,192 t) deep load;
Length	276 ft (84.1 m) p.p.
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) mean
Propulsion	3 Yarrow boilers; 2 geared Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW);
Speed	36 knots (41.4 mph; 66.7 km/h)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	90
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX; 1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun; 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2);

HMS Simoom (sometimes incorrectly spelled Simoon) was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during World War I. Launched on 30 October 1916, the vessel operated as part of the Harwich Force until torpedoed by the German destroyer S50 on 23 January 1917. The ship's magazine exploded and 47 people died. The name was reused by the first S-class destroyer, Simoom, launched on 26 January 1918.

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