HMS Marshal Ney, August 1915 |
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| Career (United Kingdom) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Marshal Ney |
| Builder: | Palmers, Newcastle |
| Launched: | 17 June 1915 |
| Commissioned: | August 1915 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1957 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Marshal Ney-class monitor |
| Displacement: | 6,670 long tons (6,780 t) (standard) 6,900 long tons (7,000 t) (full load) |
| Length: | 355 ft (108 m) |
| Beam: | 90 ft (27 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Installed power: | 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × MAN diesel engines 2 × shafts |
| Speed: | 9 kn (10 mph; 17 km/h) (design) 6 kn (6.9 mph; 11 km/h) (service) |
| Complement: | 187 |
| Armament: | As Built: 2 × 41 ft 6 in (12.65 m) 42 calibre 15-inch guns 2 × 12 pounder QF Mk I guns 1916: 1 × BL 9.2 in (230 mm) 40 cal Mk VIII gun 4 × QF 6 in (150 mm) 40 cal Mk II guns 2 × 12 pounder QF Mk I guns 1918: 1 × BL 9.2 in (230 mm) 40 cal Mk VIII gun 6 × BL 6 in (150 mm) Mk XI guns 2 × QF 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns 2 × 12 pounder guns |
| Armour: | Belt: 4 in (10 cm) Barbette: 8 in (20 cm) Turret: 13 in (33 cm) |
HMS Marshal Ney was a Royal Navy Marshal Ney class monitor constructed in the opening years of the First World War. Laid down as M13, she was named for the French general of the Napoleonic Wars Marshal Michel Ney.
Designed for inshore operations along the sandbank strewn Belgian coastline, Marshal Soult was equipped with two massive 15 in (380 mm) naval guns. Originally, these guns were to have been stripped from one of the battlecruisers Renown and Repulse after they were redesigned. However, the guns were not ready, and guns intended for the battleship Ramillies were used instead.
The diesel engines used by the ships were a constant source of technical difficulty, restricting their use. Marshal Ney in particular was—in the words of Jane's Fighting Ships—"practically a failure", on account of her MAN diesel engines being so unreliable.
In 1916, her 15-inch barbette was stripped off and given to Erebus, which was launched in the same year. Marshal Ney was then rearmed with a single 9.2 in (230 mm) gun and four 6 in (150 mm) guns for service as a guardship for The Downs. She engaged German destroyers during a raid on Ramsgate in April 1917.
During 1919, Marshal Ney was used as a base ship at Queenborough, before being disarmed and becoming a depot ship at Fort Blockhouse from 1920. Renamed 'Vivid in June 1922, she then served as a stoker training ship until 1957. She was again renamed Drake in January 1934, and Alaunia II in 1947. She arrived at the Ward shipyards at Milford Haven on 6 October 1957 for breaking up.
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