HMS Narborough (1916)
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| Name | HMS Narborough |
| Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Launched | 2 March 1916 |
| Fate | Wrecked on 12 January 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Admiralty M-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 971 long tons (987 t) |
| Length | 273 ft 4 in (83.31 m) o/a |
| Beam | 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) |
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| Propulsion | 3 Shafts; 3 steam turbines |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 76 |
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HMS Narborough was an Admiralty M-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. She was wrecked after running aground in 1918.
Description
The Admiralty M class were improved and faster versions of the preceding
The ships were armed with three single
Construction and service
Narborough was ordered under the Fourth War Programme in February 1915 and built by
On commissioning, Narborough joined the 13th Destroyer Flotilla, part of the Battlecruiser Force of the Grand Fleet.[5] Narborough was one of ten destroyers of the 13th Flotilla that took part in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May–1 June 1916, supporting Admiral Beatty's battlecruisers.[6] At 16:09 hr, the 13th Flotilla was ordered to launch a torpedo attack against German battlecruisers, while at almost the same time, the German 9th Torpedo-boat flotilla was ordered to attack the British battlecruisers. The two destroyer forces became involved in an intense engagement in which the British destroyer Nomad was disabled and the German torpedo boats V27 and V29 were sunk. Narborough did not open fire during this clash.[7]
Narborough continued as part of the 13th Destroyer Flotilla until transferring to the 12th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet in November 1917.[8] She was at sea screening the 1st Battle Squadron during the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight on 13 November 1917, but did not see action. On 12 January 1918, she and her sister ship, HMS Opal, were wrecked on the cliffs at Hesta Rock, just to the north of Windwick Bay, South Ronaldsay.[9] Only one sailor survived; 188 were killed. Most of the casualties were never found and are commemorated on the Portsmouth Memorial.
Notes
- ^ Gardiner & Gray, p. 76
- ^ a b Friedman, p. 298
- ^ Friedman, p. 309
- ^ Manning & Walker, p. 309.
- ^ "Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet". The Navy List. May 1916. p. 12. Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ Campbell, pp. 14, 25
- ^ Campbell, pp. 46, 50.
- ^ "Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet". The Navy List. November 1917. p. 12.
- ^ "Scapaflow.co".
Bibliography
- Campbell, John (1998). Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-750-3.
- 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.
- 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 (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Manning, T. D. & Walker, C. F. (1959). British Warship Names. London: Putnam.
- 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.
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