HMS Phoebe (1916)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NamePhoebe
Namesake Phoebe
Builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Launched20 November 1916
CommissionedDecember 1916
FateSold for scrap, November 1921
General characteristics
Class and type Admiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement971 long tons (987  t) (normal)
Length273 ft 4 in (83.3 m) o/a
Beam26 ft 8 in (8.1 m)
Draught9 ft 8 in (2.9 m) (deep load)
Installed power
Propulsion3 Shafts; 1 steam turbine
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range2,100  nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement76
Armament

HMS Phoebe was an Admiralty M-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. She took part in the Zeebrugge Raid in 1918 and was sold for scrap in 1921.

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Description

The Admiralty M class were improved and faster versions of the preceding Laforey-class destroyer. [1] They displaced 972 long tons (988  t ) at normal load. The ships had an overall length of 273 feet 4 inches (83.3 m), a beam of 26 feet 8 inches (8.1 m) and a deep draught of 9 feet 8 inches (2.9 m). Phoebe was powered by a single Parsons direct-drive steam turbine that drove three propeller shafts using steam provided by three Yarrow boilers. The turbines developed a total of 25,000 shaft horsepower (19,000  kW ) and gave a maximum speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph). The ships carried a maximum of 228 long tons (232 t) of fuel oil that gave them a range of 2,100 nautical miles (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ships' complement was 76 officers and ratings. [2]

The Admiralty Ms were armed with three single QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns. One gun was positioned on the forecastle, the second was between the centre and aft funnels and the third at the stern. They were equipped with a pair of QF 2-pounder (40 mm (1.6 in)) "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns, one on each broadside abreast the bridge. They were also fitted with two rotating twin mounts for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes amidships. [3]

Construction and service

Phoebe was ordered under the Fifth War Programme in February 1915 and built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan. The ship was launched on 20 November 1916 and completed in December 1916. [4] She escorted H.M.S Vindictive at the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918. [5] Post-war, the ship was sold for breaking up in November 1921. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Gardiner & Gray, p. 76
  2. ↑ Friedman, p. 296
  3. ↑ Gardiner & Gray, p. 79; March, p. 174
  4. 1 2 Friedman, p. 309
  5. ↑ Keyes, paragraph 45

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