HMS North Star (1916)
HMS North Star was a
First World War. She was sunk in April 1918.[1]
The destroyer was launched on 9 November 1916 and completed in February 1917.[2]
Design and construction
The M-class destroyers were designed to meet a requirement for faster destroyers than the previous
First World War resulted in a series of large orders being placed for destroyers to replace expected losses, with the existing M-class being chosen for orders rather than new designs to speed production. North Star was one of four Admiralty Ms[a] ordered from Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company as part of an overall order of 22 destroyers of this class under the Third Emergency War Programme in late November 1914.[6][7]
War-built Admiralty M-class destroyers like North Star were between 273 ft 4 in (83.31 m) and 273 ft 8 in (83.41 m)
draught of 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) at normal load and 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) to 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m). They had a design normal displacement of 1,025 long tons (1,041 t) which corresponded to a full load displacement of about 1,250 long tons (1,270 t).[8]
Sinking
The destroyer took part in the
British Admiralty Statement on the Zeebrugge Raid, North Star lost her way in the smoke of the raid and emerged into the light of star-shells, whereupon she was sunk by coastal batteries.[11]
Notes
References
- ^ "Destroyers - World War One". Harwich and Dovercourt. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921, Conway Publishing, 1997. p. 79.
- ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 77
- ^ Friedman 2009, pp. 132, 134–135
- ^ McBride 1991, p. 37
- ^ a b Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 79
- ^ Friedman 2009, pp. 155–156
- ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, pp. 76, 79
- ^ Warner, P. The Zeebrugge Raid, Pen and Sword, 2008.p.155
- ^ "HMS North Star". Wrecksite. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "British Admiralty Statement on the Zeebrugge Raid, 22-23 April 1918". First World War.com. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- 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.
- 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.
- McBride, Keith (1991). "British 'M' Class Destroyers of 1913–14". In Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Warship 1991. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 34–49. ISBN 0-85177-582-9.
 | This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |