HMS Pellew (1916)
British M-Class destroyer, WW1 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Pellew 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 L class, capable of higher speed. Launched on 18 April 1916, the vessel served with the Grand Fleet escorting convoys. The vessel was part of an unsuccessful attempt by the navy to trap the German submarines that had taken such a heavy toll on merchant shipping in December 1917. The action involved an eight-ship convoy consisting of four merchant vessels escorted by two armed trawlers and the sister ships Pellew and Partridge. Instead of submarines, four German destroyers attacked, sinking all but one member of the convoy and disappearing before the light cruisers which were to be the spring in the trap could arrive. Pellew, the sole survivor, took refuge in a Norwegian fjord. After the armistice that ended the war, the destroyer was placed in reserve and subsequently sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921.
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Name | HMS Pellew |
Namesake | Pellew |
Ordered | May 1915 |
Builder | William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir |
Yard number | 538 |
Laid down | 28 June 1915 |
Launched | 18 April 1916 |
Completed | 30 June 1916 |
Out of service | 9 May 1921 |
Fate | Sold to be broken up |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admiralty M-class destroyer |
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Length | 273 ft 6 in (83.4 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 76 |
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