HMS Laverock (1913)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Laverock |
Builder | Yarrow & Company |
Laid down | 24 July 1912 |
Launched | 19 November 1913 |
Completed | October 1914 |
Fate | Sold and broken up May 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Laforey-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 268 ft 10 in (81.94 m) oa |
Beam | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
Propulsion | 3 × steam turbines , 2 shafts |
Speed | 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Complement | 73 |
Armament |
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HMS Laverock was a
Construction and design
The
The ship was
Laverock was 268 feet 10 inches (81.94 m)
Service
On commissioning Laverock joined the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, part of the Harwich Force, which was under the overall command of Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt.[4][11] On 2 November 1914, Laverock accompanied the light cruiser Aurora and the destroyers Lark and Lawford on an anti-submarine patrol in the area of the Broad Fourteens. As their course took them between British and German minefields, the ships encountered many stray floating mines, destroying 15 of them.[12] The patrol was still at sea when German cruisers and battlecruisers carried out a raid on Yarmouth the next morning, and was ordered to Yarmouth to attempt to intercept the German force. The Germans, however, managed to escape the British forces.[13] In October 1915 the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla was renumbered the 9th Destroyer Flotilla, still remaining part of the Harwich Force, with Laverock remaining part of the new formation.[14][15][16]
Laverock was part of the escort for the
The Harwich Force was held back as a reserve during the Battle of Jutland on 31 May–1 June 1916,[20] but when the battleship Marlborough was damaged by a German torpedo, Laverock was one of eight destroyers of the Harwich Force sent to escort the crippled battleship to the Humber.[21] On 13 August 1916, Laverock, along with Lance and Lassoo was part of the escort of a Harwich–Holland convoy when Lassoo struck a mine, killing six of her crew.[c] Believing that Lassoo had been torpedoed, the other destroyers deployed their anti-submarine explosive sweeps. Laverock's sweep detonated, but no debris came up.[4][23][24]
Early in 1917, the 9th Destroyer Flotilla was split up, with the newer destroyers joining the
On 18 April 1917, Laverock left the 6th Flotilla,[27] joining the 4th Flotilla, now based at Devonport and employed on convoy escort duties.[30][31] Laverock remained part of the 4th Flotilla at the end of the war on 11 November 1918.[32][33]
Disposal
Laverock was laid up in reserve at the Nore by March 1919,[34] and was sold for scrap to Thos. W. Ward's Grays shipbreaking yard on 9 May 1921.[7]
Pennant Numbers
Pennant Number[7] | Date |
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H53 | 1914 |
Notes
- ^ Two more L-class destroyers were ordered from Beardmore in November 1914 as part of the 1st Emergency War Programme.[3]
- ^ Jane's lists Laverock as having a displacement of 994 long tons (1,010 t).[8]
- ^ Some sources[22] state that Lassoo was torpedoed by the German submarine UB-10.
- ^ Bacon states that Laverock joined the Dover Patrol on 5 March 1917, after her engagement with German torpedo boats in the English Channel on 24/25 February.[27]
Citations
- ^ a b Friedman 2009, pp. 130, 132
- ^ a b c Friedman 2009, p. 307
- ^ Friedman 2009, pp. 155–156
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 76
- ^ "H.M.S. Laverock" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 117. 13 March 1914. p. 286.
- ^ "Naval & Military Intelligence: The Laverock Refloated". The Times. No. 40484. 30 March 1914. p. 4.
- ^ a b c Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 63
- ^ Moore 1990, p. 73
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 296
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 147
- ^ Manning 1961, p. 25
- ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 28 1925, p. 7
- ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 28 1925, pp. 8–9, 11–15
- ^ a b Manning 1961, p. 26
- ^ "Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: II - Harwich Force". The Navy List: 13. September 1915.
- ^ "Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: II - Harwich Force". The Navy List: 13. October 1915.
- ^ Jones 1928, pp. 396–401
- ^ Dorling 1932, pp. 229–235
- ^ Campbell 1998, pp. 15, 123
- ^ Campbell 1998, pp. 324–326
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur. "HMS Lassoo". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Dorling 1932, pp. 131–133
- ^ Kindell, Don. "1st - 31st August 1916 in date, ship/unit & name order". World War 1 - Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies. Naval-History.net. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: II - Harwich Force". The Navy List: 13. March 1917.
- ^ "Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: V. - Dover Patrol". The Navy List: 15. April 1917.
- ^ a b Bacon Vol. II 1919, p. 629
- ^ Bacon Vol. II 1919, pp. 345–346
- ^ "Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: IV.—Miscellaneous Ships in Home Waters or on Detached Service". The Navy List: 14. June 1917.
- ^ Newbolt, Henry (2013) [Originally published 1931 by Longmans Green: London]. "History of the Great War: Naval Operations: Vol. V, April 1917 to November 1918 (Part 1 of 4)". Naval-History.net. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Ships of the Royal Navy - Location/Action Date, 1914–1918: Part 2 - Admiralty "Pink Lists", 11 November 1918". Naval-History.net. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: VII.–Local Defence and Escort Flotillas". The Navy List: 17. December 1918.
- ^ "Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: VII.–Vessels in Reserve, &c. at Home Ports and Other Bases". The Navy List: 17. March 1919.
References
- Bacon, Reginald (1919). The Dover Patrol 1915–1917 Volume II. London: Hutchinson & Son. OCLC 867981501.
- Campbell, John (1998). Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-750-3.
- Corbett, Julian S. (1923). History of the Great War: Naval Operations: Volume III. London: Longmans, Green & Co. OCLC 3759388.
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
- Dorling, Taprell (1932). Endless Story: Being an Account of the Work of the Destroyers, Flotilla-Leaders, Torpedo-Boats and Patrol Boats in the Great War. London: Hodder and Stoughton. OCLC 224093914.
- Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. 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.
- Monograph No. 28: Home Waters—Part III.: November 1914 to the end of January 1915 (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Vol. XII. The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1925.
- Monograph No. 29: Home Waters—Part IV.: From February to July 1915 (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Vol. XIII. The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1925.
- Jones, H. A. (1928). History of the Great War:The War in the Air: Being the Story of the Part Played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force: Vol. II. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Manning, T. D. (1961). The British Destroyer. London: Putnam & Co. Ltd. OCLC 870047975.
- Moore, John, ed. (1990). Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. London: Studio. ISBN 1-85170-378-0.
- OCLC 220475138.