HMS Rosalind was an destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. The ship was launched by Thornycroft on 14 October 1916 as the first of five similar ships ordered from the yard. The design was used as the basis for five subsequent ships of the also built by the company. Rosalind served as part of the Grand Fleet during the First World War, operating as an escort to other warships and in anti-submarine patrols alongside other destroyers. The vessel was sold to be broken up on 13 July 1926. Design and development Rosalind was the first of three destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty from John I. Thornycroft & Company in July 1915 as part of the Sixth War Construction Programme. The ships differed from the six preceding built by the yard in having all geared turbines and the aft gun being raised on a bandstand. Rosalind had a long overall of , with a beam of and a draught of . Displacement was normal and full load. Three Yarrow boilers fed steam to two sets of Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines rated at and driving two shafts, giving a design speed of , although the ship reached during trials. Three funnels were fitted. A total of of fuel oil was carried, giving a design range of at . Armament consisted of three QF 4in Mk IV guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised bandstand and one between the second and third funnels. A single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun was carried, along with four torpedoes in two twin rotating mounts. The vessel had a complement of 82 officers and ratings. Construction and career Rosalind was laid down in October 1915 and launched on 14 October 1916. On commissioning in December 1916, the ship joined the Grand Fleet, initially joining the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla. However, within a month, Rosalind had moved and served until the end of the war as part of the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla. Between 15 and 24 June 1917, the flotilla took part in anti-submarine patrols east of the Shetland Islands. Rosalind did not sight any submarines, but out of the 117 ships that sailed the route to and from Scandinavia, four were sunk during the operation. On 2 August, the destroyer escorted the armoured cruisers and off the coast of Scotland. Rosalind was transferred to form part of