Talisman-class destroyer
HMS Marksman, HMS Talisman and HMS Termagant moored at the Hawthorn Leslie shipyard, Hebburn, 5 November 1915. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Talisman class |
| Builders | Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
| Operators | Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | Thornycroft M class |
| Succeeded by | Medea class |
| In service | 1916–1921 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,098 long tons (1,116 t) |
| Length | 309 ft (94 m) o/a |
| Beam | 28 ft 7 in (8.71 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 3 shafts; 3 steam turbines |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Complement | 102 |
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The Talisman class were a quartet of destroyers ordered for the Ottoman Navy before the First World War, but were taken over in November 1914 and completed for the Royal Navy.