HMS Mameluke (1915)
British M-Class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Mameluke was an Admiralty M-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class was an improvement on the preceding L class, capable of higher speeds. The ship, the first Royal Navy vessel to be named after the Mamelukes, a class of ex-slaves that ruled Egypt, was launched in 1915. The destroyer joined the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla and, although under refit during the Battle of Jutland and so unable to participate, later took part in anti-submarine operations as part of this flotilla, although no submarines were sighted or sunk. The conditions of service in the North Sea meant that the destroyer was soon worn out and, after the armistice, Mameluke was placed in reserve. Despite a service life of only six years, the vessel was decommissioned and, in 1921, sold to be broken up.
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Name | HMS Mameluke |
Namesake | Mameluke |
Ordered | November 1914 |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
Yard number | 439 |
Laid down | 23 December 1914 |
Launched | 14 August 1915 |
Completed | 30 October 1915 |
Out of service | 22 September 1921 |
Fate | Sold to be broken up |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admiralty M-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 273 ft 8 in (83.4 m) (o.a.) |
Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
Draught | 16 ft 3 in (5.0 m) |
Installed power | 3 Yarrow boilers, 25,000 shp (19,000 kW) |
Propulsion | Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 3 shafts |
Speed | 34 knots (63.0 km/h; 39.1 mph) |
Range | 2,280 nmi (4,220 km) at 17 kn (31 km/h) |
Complement | 80 |
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