HMS Sharpshooter was an R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 February 1917. Designed as part of the Seventh War Construction Programme, this vessel was built by William Beardmore and Company in Dalmuir, with yard number 550, at a contract cost of £170,722. The ship measured 276 feet (84.12 meters) in overall length, had a beam of 26 feet 6 inches (8.08 meters), and a draught of 9 feet (2.74 meters). Displacing approximately 1,065 long tons (1,082 tonnes) at normal load, the Sharpshooter was powered by three Yarrow boilers feeding two Parsons geared steam turbines rated at 27,000 shaft horsepower, enabling her to reach a design speed of 36 knots (67 km/h). The vessel carried 296 long tons (301 tonnes) of fuel oil, which provided a range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h). Armament comprised three QF 4-inch Mk IV guns positioned along the centerline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised platform, and another between the second and third funnels. She also carried a single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun and was equipped with two twin mounts for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes. The ship’s crew numbered 82 officers and ratings. Commissioned into the 10th Destroyer Flotilla of the Harwich Force, HMS Sharpshooter primarily undertook convoy escort duties. Notably, on 9 April 1917, she engaged a German submarine, UB-31, successfully dropping depth charges that deterred the submarine after it sank a merchant vessel. On 4–5 June 1917, she participated in the bombardment of Ostend, engaging German destroyers and contributing to the sinking of S20 and damaging S15. During her service in WWI, she also rescued Captain A. C. Sharwood, one of the first pilots of the Royal Australian Navy, on 1 June 1918. After the war, HMS Sharpshooter remained with the 10th Destroyer Flotilla before being transferred to the Gunnery School at Portsmouth. She was reduced to a reduced complement on 5 March 1919 and was ultimately sold for scrap to Thos. W. Ward at Briton Ferry on 29 April 1927, marking the end of her naval career.

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