Yarrow M class

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Yarrow M- class
The HMS Nerissa
The HMS Nerissa
Overview
Type destroyer
units 10
Shipyard

Yarrow & Company , Scotstoun

Keel laying from October 1912
Launch from May 1914
to June 1916
Commissioning from August 1914
to September 1916
Whereabouts from 1921 demolished
Technical specifications
displacement

Standard : 864  ts , 1006 ts max

length

overall: 82.1 m (269.5 ft)
HMS Miranda , Minos , Manley
 83.4 m (273.5 ft) all others

width

7.8 m (25.66 ft)

Draft

3.2 m (10.5 ft)

crew

79 men

drive

3 Yarrow boiler ,
Brown Curtis steam turbines ,
2 shafts
23,000 PSW (17,151 kW)
HMS Miranda , Minos , Manley
27,000 PSW (20,134 kW)
all other

speed

36 kn

Armament

3 × 4 "-102-mm Mk.IV gun
1 × Pom-Pom -Mk.II anti-aircraft gun
4 × 21-in (533-mm) torpedo tube (2 × 2)

Fuel supply

230 ts of heating oil

The Yarrow M-class was a destroyer class of ten boats in the Royal Navy . They were the only two-chimney destroyers of the M-type finally comprising 103 (110) boats in all variants due to the outbreak of the World War , which had three chimneys except for the two four-chimney of the Hawthorn M-class .

The HMS Paladin based on the Admiralty Draft

The first three boats were already under construction at Yarrow & Company in Scotstoun near Glasgow when they were purchased with funds from the 1913/1914 budget and the first orders were placed on the basis of the Admiralty's draft. The HMS Miranda was therefore also the first M-class destroyer to enter service. As part of the war building program, seven more boats were ordered by May 1915.

draft

The boats were very similar to the Admiralty M-class boats built according to the designs of the Admiralty . However, the Yarrow & Company shipyard made minor changes to the construction plans . Generally they only had two propellers instead of three in the basic design. In addition, they had two chimneys and a straight stern end, the bridge was much further back than on the boats of the other manufacturers. The first three ships were already two knots faster than the Admiralty M-class , despite the lower nominal engine power and the lack of a third propeller . in the later ships, the performance was then increased. Jane's Fighting Ships describes the class as "very successful boats," and all ten ships survived the war and were scrapped in the 1920s. The Moon , Mounsey and Musketeer had the equipment to deploy an observation balloon . The 4 "gun on the nave was mounted between the funnels.

The boats of the class

Pre-war boats acquired in 1913

Three boats already under construction at Yarrow were purchased in March 1913 as part of the 1913-1914 pre-war construction program. With the funds for 1913-14 ten more boats were ordered. Of these, two boats at Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Company in Hebburn on Tyne, one at Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in Wallsend and three at John Brown & Company in Clydebank, based on the Admiralty's draft of a three-chimney destroyer . There were also two Thornycroft M-Class boats with two-shaft propulsion and a thicker, middle chimney and the two four-chimney destroyers of the Hawthorn M-Class . While these two shipyards later also built boats according to the Admiralty draft, Yarrow always built slightly modified versions.

  • Miranda - In October 1912 under BauNr. 1344 in Kiel set, from the May 27, 1914 stack left and finished in August 1914th Until 1917 Harwich Force (10th DF), participation in the battle on the Dogger Bank . 1918 21st destroyer flotilla in Dover . Sold for scrapping on October 26, 1921.
  • Minos - In October 1912 under BauNr. Laid down in 1345, launched on August 6, 1914, and completed in October 1914. Until 1917 Harwich Force (10th DF), participation in the battle on the Dogger Bank. 1918 2nd destroyer flotilla in Londonderry . Sold for scrapping on August 31, 1920.
  • Manly - In October 1912 under BauNr. Laid down in 1346, launched on October 12, 1914, and completed in November 1914. Until 1917 Harwich Force (10th DF), 1918 6th destroyer flotilla in Dover. Sold for scrapping on October 26, 1921.

Boats under the war emergency program

Four boats were ordered in September 1914.

  • Moon - In September 1914 under construction no. Laid down in 1364, launched on April 23, 1915, and completed in June 1915. Participation in the Battle of the Skagerrak in the 11th destroyer flotilla. 1918 with the submarine flotilla in Blyth . Sold for scrapping on May 9, 1921.
  • Morning Star - In September 1914 under construction no. Laid down in 1365, launched on June 26, 1915, and completed in August 1915. Participation in the Battle of the Skagerrak in the 11th destroyer flotilla. 1918 with 4th Destroyer Flotilla in Devonport . Sold for scrapping on December 1, 1921.
  • Mounsey - In September 1914 under construction no. Laid down in 1366, launched on September 11, 1915 and completed in November 1915. Participation in the Battle of the Skagerrak in the 11th destroyer flotilla. 1918 with 2nd destroyer flotilla in Londonderry. Sold for scrapping on November 8, 1921, which took place in Germany.
  • Musketeer - In September 1914 under construction no. Laid down in 1367, launched on November 12, 1915, and completed in December 1915. 1918 2nd destroyer flotilla in Londonderry. Sold for scrapping on November 25, 1921.

A boat was commissioned in early November 1914.

  • Nerissa - in November 1914 under construction no. Laid down in 1372, launched on February 9, 1916, and completed in March 1916. Participation in the Battle of the Skagerrak in the 13th Destroyer Flotilla. 1918 with 4th Destroyer Flotilla in Devonport. Sold for scrapping on November 15, 1921.

Two boats were commissioned in May 1915.

  • Relentless - In May 1915 under BauNr. Laid down in 1391, launched on April 15, 1916, and completed in May 1916. 1918 in the 14th destroyer flotilla with the Grand Fleet . Sold for scrapping on November 5, 1926.
  • Rival - In May 1915 under building no. Laid down in 1392, launched on June 14, 1916, and completed in September 1916. 1918 with 4th Destroyer Flotilla in Devonport. Sold for scrapping on July 13, 1926.

Seven other destroyers built by Yarrow are designated as Yarrow Later M-class or Yarrow R-class . The Sabrina , Strongbow , Surprise and Sybille (construction number 1392–1396) ordered in July 1915 and the Truculent , Tyrant and Ulleswater (construction number 1408–1410) ordered in March 1916, which were ordered at the same time as the R-class destroyers , see there .

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Web links

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