HMS Tornado was a Royal Navy R-class destroyer constructed and then operational in the First World War.

Tornado was ordered from Alexander Stephen and Sons by the British Admiralty in March 1916 as part of the Eighth War Construction Programme.

[3] 296 tons of 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).

[4] 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.

[5] One of the duties of the Harwich Force destroyers was the so-called "Beef Run", convoys to and from The Netherlands.