HMS Plover (1916)
History | |
---|---|
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Plover |
Namesake | Plover |
Ordered | September 1914 |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn |
Laid down | 14 July 1915 |
Launched | 3 March 1916 |
Completed | 2 June 1916 |
Out of service | 9 May 1921 |
Fate | Sold to be broken up |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admiralty M-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 265 ft (80.8 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 7 in (8.1 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 34 knots (39.1 mph; 63.0 km/h) |
Range | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
Complement | 76 |
Armament |
|
HMS Plover was a
Design and development
Plover was one of sixteen
The destroyer was 265 feet (80.77 m) long overall, with a beam of 26 feet 7 inches (8.10 m) and a draught of 8 feet 7 inches (2.62 m). displacement was 994 long tons (1,010 t) normal and 1,028 long tons (1,044 t) full load.[3] Power was provided by three Yarrow boilers feeding two Parsons steam turbines rated at 25,000 shaft horsepower (19,000 kW) and driving two shafts, to give a design speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph).[4] Three funnels were fitted. 296 long tons (301 t) of oil were carried, giving a design range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).[5]
Armament consisted of three 4 in (102 mm) Mk IV QF guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised platform and one between the middle and aft funnels. A single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun was carried, while torpedo armament consisted of two twin mounts for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes.[6] A kite balloon and searchlight was fitted in 1918.[7] The ship had a complement of 76 officers and ratings.[5]
Construction and career
Plover was
After the war, the Royal Navy returned to a peacetime level of
Pennant numbers
Pennant Number | Date |
---|---|
G65 | September 1915[15] |
G87 | January 1917[15] |
G29 | January 1919[16] |
References
Citations
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 132.
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 155.
- ^ McBride 1991, p. 44.
- ^ a b Parkes & Prendergast 1969, p. 109.
- ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 296.
- ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 79.
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 312.
- ^ Manning & Walker 1959, p. 344.
- ^ "Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet". Supplement to the Monthly Navy List: 12. October 1916. Retrieved 2 December 2020 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ "Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet". Supplement to the Monthly Navy List: 12. October 1918. Retrieved 2 December 2020 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ "Vessels in Reserve at Home Ports and Other Bases". The Navy List: 707. October 1919. Retrieved 2 December 2020 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ Colledge & Warlow 2010, p. 311.
- ^ a b Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 67.
- ^ Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 63.
Bibliography
- Bush, Steve; Warlow, Ben (2021). Pendant Numbers of the Royal Navy: A Complete History of the Allocation of Pendant Numbers to Royal Navy Warships & Auxiliaries. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-526793-78-2.
- Colledge, J.J.; Warlow, Ben (2010). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy. Haverhill: Casemate. ISBN 978-1-93514-907-1.
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-71100-380-4.
- Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the First World War. Barnsley: 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 978-0-85177-245-5.
- Manning, Thomas Davys; Walker, Charles Frederick (1959). British Warship Names. London: Putnam. OCLC 780274698.
- 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.
- Monograph No. 34: Home Waters—Part VIII: December 1916 to April 1917 (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Vol. XVIII. The Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1933.
- Monograph No. 35: Home Waters Part IX: 1st May 1917 to 31st July 1917 (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Vol. IX. Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1939.
- Parkes, Oscar; Prendergast, Maurice (1969). Jane's Fighting Ships 1919. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. OCLC 907574860.