HMS Murray (1914)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Murray.
HMS Murray was a Royal Navy Admiralty M-class destroyer. Ordered before the outbreak of war, she was therefore the first of her class to enter operation during the early months of the First World War.[1][verification needed] She was also the first vessel of the Royal Navy to carry the name HMS Murray.[1]
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Name | HMS Murray |
Builder | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company, Hebburn on Tyne |
Laid down | 4 December 1913 |
Launched | 6 August 1914 |
Completed | December 1914 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 9 May 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admiralty M-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,100 long tons (1,118 t) full load |
Length | 273 ft 4 in (83.31 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
Propulsion | 3 shafts, steam turbines, 25,000 shp (18,642 kW) |
Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) |
Complement | 80 |
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