| Name: | TALISMAN |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 07/12/1914 |
| Launched: | 15/07/1915 |
| Completed: | 19/01/1916 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 477 |
| Dimensions: | 1098disp, 300.0 x 28.5 x 9.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 25000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 3 x Screws, 32.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 5 x 1 x 4.0ins QF guns; 2 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 19/01/1916 | British Royal Navy |
| 09/05/1921 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 06/1914: Order was a subcontract from a Vickers & Armstrong Whitworth syndicate |
| Ordered for the Government of Turkey & taken over by the Admiralty 11/1914 | |
| Initially to be named NAPIER by the Admiralty | |
| Became a member of the Talisman Class of destroyers | |
| TIC records list the launch as on 14/07/1915 | |
| 09/05/1921: Sold for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd at Grays, Essex |
Left to Right: MARKSMAN (stern), TALISMAN & TERMAGANT. Photo taken 05/11/1915 at Hawthorn Leslie
Close up of above photo. Photos are courtesy of Dave Wilkinson
Above photo of TALISMAN is copyright of the Imperial War Museum. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Newcastle Journal, Friday, 05/06/1914