HMS Rosalind (1916)

HMS Rosalind was an destroyer which served with the Royal Navy.

Design
Rosalind was one of three destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty from Thornycroft in July 1915 as part of the Sixth War Construction Programme.

Rosalind had an long overall of 274 ft, with a beam of 27 ft and a draught of 11 ft. Displacement was 1035 LT normal and 1208 LT full load. Three Yarrow boilers fed steam to two sets of Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines rated at 27000 shp and driving two shafts, giving a design speed of 36 kn. Three funnels were fitted. 296 tons of oil were carried, giving a design range of 3450 nmi at 20 kn.

Armament consisted of three QF 4in Mk IV guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised bandstand and one between the second and third funnels. A single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun was carried, along with four 21 in torpedoes in two twin rotating mounts. Fire control included a single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock. The vessel had a complement of 82 officers and men.

Service
Rosalind was laid down in October 1915 and launched on 14 October 1916. On commissioning in December 1916, the ship joined the Grand Fleet, serving until the end of the war as part of the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla. Having been paid off earlier in the year, the vessel was re-commissioned on 15 December 1919, with a reduced complement. Rosalind formed part of the local defence flotilla for Portsmouth under the cruiser HMS Dido (1896). The destroyer was sold for breaking up on 13 July 1926.