HMS Nubian (1909)
HMS Nubian aground on the South Foreland after her bows had been blown off in October 1916
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Nubian |
Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
Launched | 20 April 1909 |
Fate | Torpedoed 27 October 1916; undamaged stern joined with bow of HMS Zulu and renamed HMS Zubian |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tribal-class destroyer |
Length | 255 ft (77.7 m) |
Beam | 25 ft 6 in (7.8 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.6 m) |
Speed | 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
Armament |
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HMS Nubian was a
Commissioning
Nubian was
A 280-foot (85 m) long, four-
Movements
The
The flotilla was present at a gathering of the Royal Navy fleet near to
Nubian had a refit and basin trials of her machinery at Chatham in May 1912 before joining the
Another refit took place at Chatham in September 1912[18] and it returned there in December.[19] A visit to Sheerness with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla followed prior to the group returning to its Portland base in January 1913.[20] Nubian had come top of its class in the 1912 battle practice (long range firing under war conditions),[21] scoring 102 points.[22]
Some of the flotilla, including Nubian, visited
By February 1914, Nubian and seven other Tribal-class destroyers were part of the
Nubian was among the ships that successfully hunted the German submarine SM U-8 in March 1915, although the fatal blows were delivered by Ghurka and HMS Maori.[29][b] A month later, it was reported that she had been among many ships that participated in a bombardment of German positions on the coast of Belgium during October–November 1914.[31]
Torpedoing and reconstruction
During the Battle of Dover Strait, on the night of 26–27 October 1916 off Folkestone Nubian's bow was almost severed by a German torpedo that exploded almost under her bridge. She was taken in tow but the tow-ropes severed in the bad weather conditions and she ran aground on the South Foreland, near Dover. The bow then parted completely on a chalk reef and the remainder of the ship was driven under a cliff.[32] Two of the crew of Nubian died and a further thirteen were missing, believed killed.[33]
Nubian was eventually refloated when a cutting was blasted through the rocks..
Fate
Zubian was
Notes
- ^ Sources differ regarding whether the First Destroyer Flotilla included a further 12 River-class ships, which could attain 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h), as well as the Tribal class, or whether the Tribal-class ships replaced those of the River class.[6][7] At the time of a major gathering of the fleet off the coast of Cornwall, near Penzance, in July 1910, the Flotilla comprised Zulu, Viking, Maori, Nubian, Amazon, Saracen, Afrida, Cossack, Tartar, Mohawk, Ghurka, Boyne, Garry, Ness, Nith, Ribble, Rother, Swale, Teviot, Usk, Waveney, Wear, Welland, and Beagle. Flotilla support vessels at that time were Assistance and Cyclops (repair ships), Maine (hospital), Adventure, Blenheim, Boadicea, Pathfinder, and Swift.[8]
- ^ Items taken from U-8 by a Nubian crewmember as it was sinking were soon after displayed in a shop at Southsea.[30]
Citations
- ^ "(Untitled)". Nottingham Evening Post. 21 April 1909. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Destroyer Nubian". Portsmouth Evening News. 25 August 1909. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "(Untitled)". Aberdeen Journal. 4 September 1909. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "New British Destroyer". Portsmouth Evening News. 11 June 1909. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Warships in Manchester". Staffordshire Sentinel. 25 May 1912. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Defence of East Coast". Nottingham Evening Post. 4 September 1909. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Naval Intelligence". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 30 July 1909. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Visit of The Great Fleet". The Cornishman. 28 July 1910. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "World's Fastest Torpedo Destroyers Take on Fuel at Dundee". Dundee Courier. 11 October 1909. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Destroyer Movements". Portsmouth Evening News. 13 September 1910. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Home Fleet Exercises". Portsmouth Evening News. 6 March 1911. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Naval Sports at Kirkwall". Aberdeen Journal. 29 May 1911. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Modern Armada: The Great Naval Review at Spithead : 28 Miles of Warships". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 23 June 1911. p. 12 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Items of Service News: The Navy". Portsmouth Evening News. 7 May 1912. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Pith of the News". Hull Daily Mail. 24 May 1912. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Our Destroyers: A Visit to Manchester". Portsmouth Evening News. 25 May 1912. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "H.M.S. Manchester: New Cruiser to Visit the City". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 4 June 1913. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Items of Service News". Portsmouth Evening News. 5 September 1912. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Items of Service News". Portsmouth Evening News. 2 December 1912. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Destroyer Movements". Portsmouth Evening News. 27 January 1913. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "Battle Practice". Portsmouth Evening News. 29 April 1914. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Fleet Gunnery". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 29 April 1913. p. 12 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "(Untitled)". Portsmouth Evening News. 25 February 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Warships in the Gale". Portsmouth Evening News. 20 March 1913. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Destroyer Flotilla". Portsmouth Evening News. 23 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Aeroplane Destroyers". Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. 29 November 1913. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Destroyer Flotillas". Portsmouth Evening News. 19 February 1914. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Third Destroyer Flotilla". Portsmouth Evening News. 6 May 1914. p. 4 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Destruction of the U8". Nottingham Evening Post. 9 March 1915. p. 1 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "German Trophies". Portsmouth Evening News. 20 March 1915. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bombardment of the Belgian Coast". Aberdeen Journal. 13 April 1915. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bacon, Reginald (1919). The Dover Patrol 1915-1917. Vol. II. George H. Doran Co. pp. 28, 30, 48.
- ^ "HMS Nubian". Aberdeen Journal. 30 October 1916. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bacon, Reginald (1919). The Dover Patrol 1915-1917. Vol. II. George H. Doran Co. p. 321.
- ^ Bacon, Reginald (1919). The Dover Patrol 1915-1917. Vol. II. George H. Doran Co. pp. 30, 48.
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