HMS Triad (N88)
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 HMS Triad shortly after entering naval service | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Triad |
| Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. |
| Launched | 9 November 1908 |
| In service | August 1914 |
| Out of service | May 1933 |
| Identification | Pennant number N88[1] |
| Fate | Sold out of the navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hired yacht |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Armament | 2 × 12-pounder naval guns |
HMS Triad was a private yacht that was hired into the service of the Royal Navy during World War I, and later became the headquarters ship of the British navy in the Persian Gulf.
Triad R.Y.S. was built by Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. in Dundee for G.A. Shenley Esq. from Warsash, Southampton and designed to be reminiscent of Edwardian ocean greyhounds.[2][1] She was launched on 9 November 1908 and completed in June 1909.[3] Shenley only kept her for three years before selling her to Richard Grech, who, in the summer of 1914, was yachting in the Eastern Mediterranean when the First World War was declared.[2] Grech promptly made his way to the nearest friendly port and offered Triad to authorities for use as an auxiliary patrol vessel.[2]