| Name: | TOWER |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 08/09/1916 |
| Launched: | 05/04/1917 |
| Completed: | 11/08/1917 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1027 |
| Dimensions: | 1085disp, 265.0 x 26.7 x 8.7(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Brown-Curtis type, 27000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 2pdr QF guns, 2 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 08/1917 | British Royal Navy |
| 17/05/1928 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the "Modified R Class" with slightly increased dimensions and 2 funnels |
| 17/05/1928: Sold for breaking up by John Cashmore Ltd at Newport |
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