HMS Peyton (1916)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Peyton
Namesake John Peyton
OrderedMay 1915
Builder William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number1053
Laid down12 July 1915
Launched2 May 1916
Completed29 June 1916
FateSold to be broken up 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type Admiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 994 long tons (1,010 t) normal
  • 1,021 long tons (1,037 t) full load
Length265 ft (80.8 m)
Beam26 ft 8 in (8.1 m)
Draught9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
Propulsion
Speed34 knots (63.0 km/h; 39.1 mph)
Range3,450  nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement76
Armament

HMS Peyton 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 preceding Lclass, capable of higher speed. Launched on 2 May 1916, the vessel served in anti-submarine and escort duties based at Cobh in Ireland. The destroyer attacked the German submarine SM UB-23 and rescued crews from friendly merchant ships that had been sunk. After the end of the war, Peyton was placed in reserve and subsequently broken up on 9 May 1921.

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Design and development

Peyton was one of sixteen Admiralty M-class destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty in May 1915 as part of the Fifth War Construction Programme. [1] The M-class was an improved version of the earlier L-class destroyer destroyers, designed to reach a higher speed in order to counter rumoured German fast destroyers, although it later transpired the German capability had been overstated. [2]

The destroyer was 265 feet (80.77 m) long overall, with a beam of 26 feet 8 inches (8.13 m) and a draught of 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m). Displacement was 994 long tons (1,010  t ) normal and 1,021 long tons (1,037 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-inch (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] The vessel was not designed to carry fire-control system but within a year of entering service was equipped with a single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock. [7] The ship had a complement of 76 officers and ratings. [5]

Construction and career

Peyton was laid down by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton on 12 July 1915 with the yard number 1053, launched on 2 May the following year and completed on 29 June. [3] The ship was named after Rear Admiral John Peyton, the captain of the third-rate ship of the line Defence. [8] The vessel was deployed as part of the Grand Fleet, joining the newly-formed Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla. [9]

On February 1917, the destroyer was transferred to Cobh, Ireland, to counter increasing activity by German submarines in the Southwest Approaches. [10] The submarines had been very active and the Royal Navy sent Peyton, along with sister ships Magic, Narwhal and Parthian, to act as anti-submarine escorts and to undertake patrols to protect merchant shipping. [11] On 23 July, the destroyer, along with Narwhal, attacked the German submarine SM UB-23, which was ultimately interred on 29 July at Ferrol. [12] Sometimes, the patrols were unsuccessful at deterring submarine attack and the vessels then rescued the survivors from the sunk ships. [13]

Peyton returned to the Fourteenth and served there until the end of the war. [14] After the armistice, the Royal Navy returned to a peacetime level of mobilisation, and surplus vessels were retired. Peyton was initially placed in reserve at Portsmouth alongside fifty other destroyers. [15] Peyton was sold to be broken up by Thos. W. Ward at Morecambe on 9 May 1921. [16]

Pennant numbers

Pennant number Date
G721915 [17]
G661917 [17]
H961918 [17]

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Citations

  1. ↑ McBride 1991, p. 34.
  2. ↑ Friedman 2009, p. 132.
  3. 1 2 Lyon 1975, p. 703.
  4. ↑ Parkes & Prendergast 1969, p. 109.
  5. 1 2 Friedman 2009, p. 296.
  6. ↑ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 79.
  7. ↑ "Fire Control in H.M. Ships". The Technical History and Index: Alteration in Armaments of H.M. Ships During the War. 3 (23): 32. 1919.
  8. ↑ Manning & Walker 1959, p. 341.
  9. ↑ "Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet", Supplement to the Monthly Navy List: 12, July 1916, retrieved 18 June 2021– via National Library of Scotland
  10. ↑ Naval Staff Monograph No. 34 1933, p. 182.
  11. ↑ Newbolt 1928, p. 352.
  12. ↑ Naval Staff Monograph No. 35 1939, pp. 205–206.
  13. ↑ Naval Staff Monograph No. 34 1933, p. 418.
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  15. ↑ "Vessels in Reserve at Home Ports and Other Bases", The Navy List, p. 707, October 1919, retrieved 18 June 2021– via National Library of Scotland
  16. ↑ Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 266.
  17. 1 2 3 Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 67.

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