HMS Ghurka (1907)
HMS Ghurka
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Ghurka |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne |
Laid down | 6 February 1906 |
Launched | 29 April 1907 |
Commissioned | December 1908 |
Fate | Mined, 8 February 1917 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Tribal-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
Range | 1,460 nmi (2,700 km; 1,680 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 72 |
Armament | 5 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Ghurka
Construction and design
HMS Ghurka was ordered from
Ghurka was laid down at Hawthorn Leslie's shipyard at Hebburn on the River Tyne on 6 February 1906 and launched on 29 April 1907.[7] She reached an average speed of 33.91 knots (62.80 km/h; 39.02 mph) over a six-hour run during trials,[8] and was completed in December 1908.[7] Prior to commissioning, Ghurka's armament was reinforced by adding another two 12 pounder guns.[9]
Incidents while Under Construction
On 9 January 1908 steamer Hartley proceeding with a cargo of coal sheered and collided with Ghurka moored near the
On 13 August 1908 steamer City of Naples while swinging preparing to proceed down river Tyne in South Shields collided with Ghurka moored near Hebburn Buoys, dealing considerable damage to the destroyer's starboard side.[11]
Service
From 1910 to 1913, Ghurka served as part of the
The short range of the Tribal class meant that they were unsuitable for long range operations, so, on the outbreak of the
On 4 March 1915, the German submarine
Another role of the Dover Patrol was shore bombardment, and Ghurka took part as an escort in the bombardment of Zeebrugge on 23 August 1915.[22]
Ghurka was sunk on 8 February 1917 after hitting a
Notes
- Ghurka" was in fact used as the name of this ship.
- ^ cwt stands for hundredweight, 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.
Citations
- ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 293.
- ^ Friedman 2009, pp. 109–110.
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 108.
- ^ Gardiner and Gray 1985, pp. 71–72.
- ^ Friedman 2009, pp. 106–108.
- ^ "H.M.S. Ghurka" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 104. 1 November 1907. p. 452.
- ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 305.
- ^ "Progress of Warships and Machinery Under Construction in England" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 105. 10 January 1908. p. 29.
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 110.
- ^ London Standard, January 11, 1908, p.3
- ^ London Standard, August 15, 1908, p.3
- ^ a b "NMM, vessel ID 367502" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ Manning 1961, p. 25.
- ^ a b Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 72.
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 100.
- ^ Bacon 1918 Volume II, p. 626.
- ^ a b c Helgason, Guðmundur (2013). "Ships hit during WWI: HMS Ghurka". U-boat.net. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ Grant 1964, p. 22.
- ^ a b Corbett, Julian S. (2013) [Originally published by Longmans, Green and Co.: London, 1921]. "History of the Great War: Naval Operations Vol. II (Part 2 of 2)". Naval-History.net. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur (2013). "WWI U-boats: U-8". U-boat.net. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 29 1925, pp. 89–91
- ^ Bacon 1918 Volume I, pp. 83–85.
- ^ Dittmar and Colledge 1972, p. 60.
- ^ Bacon 1918 Volume I, pp. 132–133.
- ^ "HMS Ghurka". Personal Print Ltd. 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
Bibliography
- Bacon, Reginald (1918). The Dover Patrol 1915–1917 Volume I. London: Hutchinson & Son.
- Bacon, Reginald (1918). The Dover Patrol 1915–1917 Volume II. London: Hutchinson & Son.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
- ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Grant, Robert M. (1964). U-Boats Destroyed: The Effect of Anti-Submarine Warfare 1914–1918. London: Putnam.
- Manning, T. D. (1961). The British Destroyer. London: Putnam & Co. OCLC 6470051.
- March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.
- Monograph No. 29: Home Waters: Part IV.: From February to July 1915 (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Vol. XIII. Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1925.
External links
- SI 2008/0950 Designation under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986
- HMS Gurkha Archived 5 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels