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United Kingdom
Name	Tyrant
Ordered	March 1916
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow
Laid down	March 1916
Launched	19 May 1917
Completed	July 1917
Out of service	15 January 1939
Fate	Sold to be broken up

HMS Tyrant was the a Yarrow Later M-class destroyer, or Yarrow R-class, destroyer that served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The Later M class was an improvement on those of the preceding Yarrow M class, with a narrower beam. Launched in 1917, Tyrant joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet. In 1918, the flotilla took part in one of the final sorties of the war. After the Armistice that ended the war, the ship was briefly placed in reserve before being allocated to the stone frigate Fisgard in 1925. Ten years later, Tyrant participated in a fleet review to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of George V. Subsequently, the destroyer was allocated to be tender to the destroyer Saladin before being sold to be broken up in 1939.

Design and development

As the First World War progressed, the Royal Navy required more, and more modern, warships. In March 1916, within the Eighth War Programme, the British Admiralty ordered three vessels from Yarrow Shipbuilders as part of a wider order of R-class destroyers. The R class was generally similar to the preceding M class, but differed, primarily, in having geared steam turbines. The Yarrow-built ships differed in retaining the direct drive turbines of the M class and are therefore often called the Yarrow Later M class. They were similar to the preceding Yarrow M class but distinguished by their greater tonnage, narrower beam and sloping sterns. Tyrant was the second of the three to be launched.

On 1 April the following year, the destroyer was allocated as a tender to Saladin. However, as newer, larger and more powerful vessels were introduced into the Royal Navy, older destroyers were retired. On 15 January 1939, the warship was retired and sold to Cashmore to be broken up at Newport.

Pennant numbers

References

Citations

1. Friedman 2009, p. 158.
2. Friedman 2009, p. 326.
3. Parkes & Prendergast 1969, p. 106.
4. Cocker 1981, p. 39.
5. Friedman 2009, p. 310.
6. "Jubilee Naval Review: Arrival of Ships from the Mediterranean". The Times. No. 47038. 13 April 1935. p. 9.
7. "Royal Navy: Portsmouth Local Flotilla". The Times. No. 47346. 11 April 1936. p. 7.
8. Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 363.
9. Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 52.
10. Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 61.
11. Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 64.
12. Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 46.
13. Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 74.
14. Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 68.

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v t e M-class destroyers
Royal Navy	Admiralty M class Murray Myngs Matchless Milne Morris Moorsom Negro Mandate Mons Michael Marmion Marne Mystic Martial Milbrook Prince Pylades Maenad Mameluke Mindful Nessus Magic Minion Opal Manners Marvel Mary Rose Ossory Mischief Menace Moresby Opportune Munster Noble Napier Onslaught Nonsuch Nestor Oracle Narwhal Nepean Nicator Nomad Onslow Nereus Narborough Pigeon Plover Partridge Medina Pelican Norman Orestes Petard Paladin Nizam Penn Pasley Medway Orford Plucky Observer Peyton Pellew Nonpareil Peregrine Offa Orpheus Octavia Parthian Northesk Oriole Portia Norseman Osiris Oberon Orcadia Oriana Ophelia Pheasant Obedient North Star Phoebe Obdurate Nugent Hawthorn M class Mentor Mansfield Thornycroft M class Meteor Mastiff Patriot Patrician Rapid Ready Yarrow M class Miranda Minos Manly Moon Morning Star Mounsey Musketeer Nerissa Relentless Rival Yarrow Later M class Sabrina Strongbow Surprise Sybille Truculent Tyrant Ulleswater
Royal Canadian Navy	Thornycroft M class Patriot Patrician
Preceded by: Laforey class Followed by: R class
List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

v t e R-class destroyers
Royal Navy	Admiralty R class Romola Sarpedon Radstock Raider Sable Rowena Rocket Restless Setter Rob Roy Sorceress Starfish Rigorous Salmon / Sable Redoubt Simoom Stork Sylph Redgauntlet Recruit Satyr Thruster Skate Sturgeon Tempest Skilful Torrid Sharpshooter Thisbe Springbok Tarpon Sceptre Tetrarch Telemachus Tenacious Tormentor Tancred Tornado Torrent Modified Admiralty R class Trenchant Tristram Undine Ulysses Tower Tirade Urchin Umpire Ursa Ursula Ulster Thornycroft R class Rosalind Radiant Retriever Taurus Teazer Yarrow R class or Yarrow Later M class Sabrina Strongbow Surprise Sybille Truculent Tyrant Ulleswater
Royal Thai Navy	Thornycroft R class Phra Ruang (ex-Radiant)
Preceded by: Admiralty M class Followed by: Admiralty S class
List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

• 1917 ships
• Ships built on the River Clyde
• World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom
• Yarrow Later M-class destroyers