HMS Plover (1916)
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| History | |
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| 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 & 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 |
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| 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 |
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HMS Plover was a Admiralty M-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class were an improvement on the previous L-class, capable of higher speed. Launched on 3 March 1916 by Hawthorn Leslie on the River Tyne, the vessel served as part of the Grand Fleet. Plover was based at Scapa Flow and took part in sorties in response to German submarine activity. After an uneventful war, the destroyer was placed in reserve and decommissioned, being sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921.
Plover was one of sixteen Admiralty M-class destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty in May 1915 as part of the Fifth War Construction Programme. The M-class was an improved version of the earlier L-class, required to reach the higher speed in order to counter rumoured German fast destroyers.[1] The vessels ordered in May 1915 differed from earlier members of the class in having a raking stem and are sometimes known as the Repeat M class.[2]
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]
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