Hawthorn M class destroyer
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Hawthorn M or Mansfield class |
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| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,057 tons |
| Length: | 271 ft overall |
| Beam: | 27 ft 6 in |
| Draught: | 10 ft 6 in |
| Propulsion: | Yarrow-type boilers, steam turbines, 3 shafts, 27,000 shp |
| Speed: | 35 kts |
| Range: | 300 tons oil, ? |
| Complement: | 76 |
| Armament: | 3 x 4 in L/40 QF Mark IV, mounting P Mk.IX 1 x single QF 2 pdr "pom-pom" Mk.II |
The Hawthorn M class were a class of two destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the pre-war 1913-14 Programme for World War I service. They were similar to the Admiralty M class class but completed to a modified design by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn on Tyne. They had 4 funnels instead of the 3 funnels of the Admiralty design. The midships 4 in gun was shipped between the 2nd and 3rd funnels. Both ships were laid down in 1914 and completed in 1915, and survived the war. Note that Hawthorn Leslie and Company subsequently received orders for two further M class destroyers as part of the large batch of orders placed in May 1915, but these two - Pidgeon and Plover - were built to the Admiralty M class design.
[edit] Ships
- Mentor, launched 21 August 1914, sold for breaking up 9 May 1921.
- Mansfield, launched 3 December 1914, sold for breaking up 26 October 1921.
[edit] Bibliography
- Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981, Maurice Cocker, 1983, Ian Allan ISBN 0-7110-1075-7
- Jane's Fighting Ships, 1919, Jane's Publishing
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