Maritime History

HMS Surprise (1916)

HMS Surprise was a Royal Navy R-class destroyer constructed and then operational in the First World War. She was sunk, with most of her crew in 1917. On 23 December 1917 HMS Surprise, Torrent, and Tornado sank after entering an Imperial German minefield.

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• ▸Italian battleship Roma (1940)
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• ▸German submarine U-37 (1938)

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