HMS Simoom (1918)

	Four S-class destroyers, sistership HMS Scimitar in the foreground
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Simoom
Namesake	Simoom
Ordered	17 April 1917
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number	472
Laid down	2 July 1917
Launched	26 January 1918
Commissioned	12 March 1918
Decommissioned	8 January 1931
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	S-class destroyer
Displacement	1,075 long tons (1,092 t) normal; 1,221 long tons (1,241 t) deep load;
Length	265 ft (80.8 m) p.p.
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
Draught	9 ft 10 in (3.00 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	2,750 nmi (5,090 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); 2 x 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Simoom (sometimes incorrectly spelt Simoon) was an S-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. Launched on 26 January 1918, the vessel operated as part of the Grand Fleet during the last months of World War I. At the end of the conflict, Simoom was placed in reserve and scrapped on 8 January 1931. The name was reused from an R-class destroyer sunk on 23 January 1917.

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