HMS Crusader
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Crusader
Builder	J S White
Launched	20 March 1909
Honours and awards	Belgian Coast, 1914-16
Fate	Sold for Scrap 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Length	255 ft (78 m)
Beam	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Speed	33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h)
Armament	2 × 4 in (102 mm) 2 × single 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Crusader was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1909. During the First World War she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla. Following the War she was sold for scrap to Thos. W. Ward on 30 June 1920 for scrapping at Preston.

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