HMS Munster
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Munster |
Namesake | Munster |
Ordered | September 1914 |
Builder | Thornycroft, Woolston, Southampton |
Laid down | November 1914 |
Launched | 24 November 1915 |
Completed | January 1916 |
Out of service | 15 November 1921 |
Fate | Sold to be broken up |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admiralty M-class destroyer |
Displacement | 971 normal ) |
Length | |
Beam | 26 ft 8 in (8.1 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 11 in (2.7 m) |
Installed power | 3 kW ) |
Propulsion | Parsons steam turbines, 3 shafts |
Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 2,530 nmi (4,690 km; 2,910 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 80 |
Armament |
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HMS Munster was an
Design and development
Munster was one of the sixteen
The destroyer had a length of 265 ft (80.8 m)
Munster had a main armament consisting of three single
Construction and career
Munster was laid down by John I. Thornycroft & Company at their yard in Woolston, Southampton in November 1914, was launched on 24 November the following year and was completed three months later in January 1916.[9] The vessel was the only vessel in the Royal Navy to be named after the Irish province of Munster, previously the Kingdom of Munster.[10][11]
Munster was deployed as part of the
On 30 May, the destroyer sailed with the Grand Fleet to confront the German
The flotilla returned to Scapa Flow on 2 June.
At the end of the war, Munster was part of the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[29] After the Armistice that ended the war, the Royal Navy returned to a peacetime level of strength and both the number of ships and the amount of personnel needed to be reduced to save money.[30] The destroyer was transferred to reserve at Portsmouth.[31] However, the harsh conditions of wartime operations, particularly the combination of high speed and the poor weather that is typical of the North Sea, exacerbated by the fact that the hull was not galvanised, meant that the ship was soon worn out.[32] Munster was declared superfluous to operational requirements, retired, and, on 15 November 1921, was sold to Cashmore of Newport, Wales, and broken up.[11]
Pennant numbers
Pennant number | Date |
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G33 | January 1917[33] |
G7A | June 1918[34] |
G35 | January 1919[33] |
H8C | August 1918[35] |
References
Citations
- ^ McBride 1991, p. 45.
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 132.
- ^ a b c Friedman 2009, p. 296.
- ^ Parkes & Prendergast 1969, p. 109.
- ^ McBride 1991, p. 44.
- ^ Preston 1985, pp. 76, 80.
- ^ March 1966, p. 174.
- ^ a b Preston 1985, p. 76.
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 308.
- ^ Manning & Walker 1959, p. 306.
- ^ a b Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 236.
- ^ "Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet". Supplement to the Monthly Navy List: 12. January 1916. Retrieved 5 June 2023 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ Poolman 1985, p. 60.
- ^ Poolman 1985, p. 59.
- ^ Corbett 1920, p. 272.
- ^ Poolman 1985, p. 61.
- ^ Brooks 2016, pp. 155.
- ^ Brooks 2016, pp. 417–419.
- ^ Campbell 1998, p. 297.
- ^ Corbett 1920, p. 397.
- ^ Jutland: Official Despatches 1920, pp. 331–332.
- ^ Newbolt 1928, p. 1.
- ^ Newbolt 1931, p. 169.
- ^ Newbolt 1931, p. 177.
- ^ "Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet". Supplement to the Monthly Navy List: 12. October 1918. Retrieved 5 June 2023 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ Moretz 2002, p. 79.
- ^ "V Vessels in Reserve at Home Ports and Other Bases". The Supplement to the Monthly Navy List: 16. July 1919. Retrieved 5 June 2023 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ Preston 1985, p. 80.
- ^ a b Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 63.
- ^ Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 68.
- ^ Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 78.
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- Monograph No. 31: Home Waters Part VI: From October 1915 to May 1916 (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Vol. XV. Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1926.
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