H.M.S. Redoubt
1918
(Navis 163bN)
(Lighter by Uwe Jens-Hoppe)
- Class: Admiralty R - 39 destroyers of 1916-17
- Displacement: 1,036 tons
- Dimensions: 300 (pp) 312 (oa) x 29.5 x 9 ft
- Machinery: Geared turbines: 2 screws, S.H.P. 27,000 = 36 knots
- Armament: 3-4in (3x1), 1-2pdr AA; 4-21in (2x2) TT
- Complement: 82
- Builder: Doxford
- Laid Down:
- Launched: 28 Oct 1916
- Completed: 1917
- Actions: On 11 Aug 1918 Redoubt towed a lighter with flying-off platform and Sopwith Camel into the North Sea. Flight Sub-Lt Stuart D. Culley took off and after a one-hour climb to 18,000 feet, successfully intercepted and shot down the German Zeppelin L.53. The aircraft then ditched next to the destroyer and was recovered; the aircraft is preserved on display in the Imperial War Museum.
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