HMS Phoebe (1916)
{{short description|Admiralty M-class destroyer}}
{{Other ships|HMS Phoebe}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name=Phoebe |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=20 November 1916 |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship namesake=Phoebe |Ship commissioned=December 1916 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship fate= Sold for scrap, November 1921 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{Sclass2|Admiralty M|destroyer}} |Ship displacement={{convert|971|LT|t|0|lk=on}} (normal) |Ship length={{convert|273|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on|1}} o/a |Ship beam={{convert|26|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on|1}} |Ship draught={{convert|9|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on|1}} (deep load) |Ship power=*4 × Yarrow boilers
|Ship propulsion= 3 Shafts; 1 steam turbine |Ship speed= {{convert|34|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= {{cvt|2100|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}} |Ship complement=76 |Ship armament=*3 × single QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII
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HMS Phoebe was an {{Sclass2|Admiralty M|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.
Description
The Admiralty M class were improved and faster versions of the preceding {{sclass|Laforey|destroyer|||1913}}.Gardiner & Gray, p. 76 They displaced {{convert|972|LT|t|0|lk=on}} at normal load. The ships had an overall length of {{convert|273|ft|4|in|m|1}}, a beam of {{convert|26|ft|8|in|m|1}} and a deep draught of {{convert|9|ft|8|in|m|1}}. 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 {{convert|25000|shp|lk=on}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|34|kn|lk=in}}. The ships carried a maximum of {{convert|228|LT|t}} of fuel oil that gave them a range of {{convert|2100|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}. The ships' complement was 76 officers and ratings.Friedman, p. 296
The Admiralty Ms were armed with three single QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII. 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 naval gun "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns, one on each broadside abreast the bridge. They were also fitted with two rotating twin mounts for British 21-inch torpedo amidships.Gardiner & Gray, p. 79; March, p. 174
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.Friedman, p. 309 She escorted H.M.S Vindictive at the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918.Keyes, paragraph 45 Post-war, the ship was sold for breaking up in November 1921.
Notes
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Bibliography
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book|last1=Dittmar|first1=F.J.|last2=Colledge|first2=J.J.|title=British Warships 1914–1919|year=1972|publisher=Ian Allan|location=Shepperton, UK|isbn=0-7110-0380-7 |name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War|year=2009|location=Barnsley, UK|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|isbn=978-1-84832-049-9}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Gray|first2=Randal|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-245-5 |name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1Battle1804ZeebruggeOstend.htm |title=31189: 18 February 1919, Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids, Naval Despatch dated 9 May 1918 |last=Keyes |first=Roger |date=1 March 2013 |website=www.naval-history.net |accessdate=21 July 2020}}
- {{cite book|last=March|first=Edgar J.|title=British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans|year=1966|publisher=Seeley Service|location=London |OCLC=164893555}}
External links
- [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/moon_class.htm#HMS%20Phoebe Photo of HMS Phoebe]
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