HMS Nomad
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Nomad |
Builder | Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse |
Launched | 7 February 1916 |
Fate | Sunk on 31 May 1916 |
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) |
Installed power |
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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 |
Armament |
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HMS Nomad was an Admiralty M-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. She was sunk during the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
Description
The Admiralty M class were improved and faster versions of the preceding
The ships were armed with three single
Construction and service
Nomad was ordered under the Third War Programme in November 1914 and built by
Nomad was part of the 13th Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916.[5][6] At 16:09 hr, Admiral Jellicoe commander of the Grand Fleet ordered the 13th Flotilla to launch a torpedo attack against German battlecruisers, while at almost the same time, Admiral Hipper, commander of the German battlecruisers, ordered a torpedo attack on British battlecruisers by the German 9th Flotilla.[7] The two destroyer forces became involved in an intense engagement, during which Nomad was disabled by a shell hit in her engine room. Two torpedoes fired by the German destroyers at Nestor failed to strike, passing under the British destroyer.[8][9] Later that afternoon, Nomad, together with sister ship Nestor, also immobilised in the earlier attack, was engaged by German battleships. Nomad launched all her torpedoes at the German ships, but failed to score a hit, while the German battleships Friedrich der Grosse, Prinzregent Luitpold, Kaiser and Kaiserin fired at Nomad with their secondary armament. She was heavily hit, with the damage forcing her crew to abandon ship, while a final hit caused Nomad's forward magazine to explode, the destroyer sinking at 17:30 hr, with Nestor sinking shortly afterwards.[9][10] Eight of Nomad's crew were killed while 72 survivors (including Whitfield) were rescued from the sea by German torpedo boats and became prisoners-of-war.[11][12]
The wreck is designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. The wreck of Nomad was found by accident in 2001 by a dive team including marine archaeologist Innes McCartney. The ship's bell can be seen on display at the Jutland shipwreck museum.
Popular culture
She was depicted in a book called Prisoner of War, by Martin Booth, serving as the protagonist's ship.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ Gardiner & Gray, p. 76
- ^ a b Friedman, p. 298
- ^ Friedman, p. 308
- ^ "NMM, vessel ID 372190" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol ii. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ a b Jellicoe, p. 469.
- ^ Campbell, p. 25.
- ^ Campbell, pp. 46, 50.
- ^ Campbell, pp. 50–51.
- ^ a b Kemp, pp. 16–17.
- ^ Campbell, p. 101.
- ^ Campbell, pp. 101, 338.
- ^ Whitfield, Paul (8 June 1916). "ADM 137/4808: Sinking of HMS Nomad". The National Archives. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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.
- OCLC 859842281.
- Kemp, Paul (1999). The Admiralty Regrets: British Warship Losses of the 20th Century. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-1567-6.
- 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.
External links
- http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/destroyers_before_1900.htm
- SI 2008/0950 Designation under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986
- Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project - HMS Nomad Crew List