HMS Tirade was a Modified Admiralty R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during World War I.

Tirade was one of eleven Modified R-class destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty in March 1916 as part of the Eighth War Construction Programme.

A total of 296 long tons (301 t) of fuel oil were carried, giving a design range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

[3] Armament consisted of three single QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk IV guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised platform and one between the funnels.

[7] Tirade initially served from Lough Swilly, Ireland, on convoy escort duty in the Irish Sea.

[8] On 28 July 1917, the destroyer was escorting a convoy of three oilers when the submarine U-61 attacked, but all the ships were able to reach Lough Swilly.

[5] Tirade relocated to Scapa Flow to escort convoys travelling in the North Sea between the United Kingdom and Norway.

[10] On 29 September, the armed trawler HMT Moravia identified the submarine minelayer UC-55 surfaced, suffering from a lack of rudder control and failing batteries, and attempting to scuttle.