| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Narborough |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Launched: | 2 March 1916 |
| Fate: | Wrecked on 12 January 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admiralty M-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 994 long tons (1,010 t) standard 1,042 long tons (1,059 t) full load |
| Length: | 269 ft (82 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) mean 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: | 3 shafts, steam turbines, 25,000 shp (18,642 kW) |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range: | 237–298 tons fuel oil |
| Complement: | 80 |
| Armament: | • 3 × QF 4 in (100 mm) Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX • 3 × single QF 2 pdr "pom-pom" Mk. II • 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Narborough was an M class destroyer launched in 1916. On 12 January 1918, she and her sister ship HMS Opal were wrecked on the Pentland Skerries after running aground. Only one sailor survived, 188 were killed. Most of the casualties were never found and are commemorated on the Portsmouth Memorial.
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