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Hearts
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12th
December 1917
Royal Navy
Ships
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Irish
Coast : Wolverine - Rosemary
HMS WOLVERINE
(1910) 1910-1917
G (Beagle) Class Destroyer.
Launched: 15 January 1910
274 ft x 28 ft x 10 ft
950 tons
12,500 hp;Yarrow boilers; 3 screws; 27 knots
Armament 1 x 4
ins gun; 3 x 12 pdr gun; 1 x 3 pdr AA; 2 x 22 ins torpedo tubes.
Crew 96
HMS
Wolverine
HMS ROSEMARY (1915) 1916-1947
Arabis Class Fleet Sweeping Sloop.
Built 1915 by Richardson Duck, Clydebank.
Completed 5th February 1916.
1,175tons; 255.25ft (267.75ft o/a) x 33.5ft x 11ft.
Engines by Blair of Stockton; 1 x 4Cyl triple expansion
engine.
2,000 ihp; single screw; 16.5 knots
2 x cylindrical boilers. Cover 2,000 Nmiles.
Armament 1 x
4ins , 2 x 2pdr pom-pom guns.
Crew 80-90.
Triple hulls at the bows.
Fleet target work and Fishery protection.
HMS
Rosemary
North
Sea : Partridge - Pellew - Rosalind
HMS PARTRIDGE
(1915) 1916-1917
M Class Destroyer - subclass Admiralty.
Built 1915 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson.
4th March 1916 Launched.
1,016 tons; 271ft x 26ft x 8 7ft ; 25,000 shp; 34 knots;
3 funnels, Parsons Turbine engines, 3 Yarrow boilers; 3
screws.
Armament 3 x 4
ins, 1 x 2 pdr pom-pom, 1 MG: TT 4 x 21 ins in pairs
Crew 80.
M
Class Destroyer similar to HMS Partridge
HMS
PELLEW (1915) 1916-1921
M Class Destroyer - subclass Admiralty.
Built 1915 by
Beardmore Shipyard.
18th May 1916 Launched
1,016 tons; 271ft x 26ft x 8 7ft ; 25,000 shp; 34 knots;
3 funnels, Parsons Turbine engines, 3 Yarrow boilers; 3
screws.
Armament 3 x 4
ins, 1 x 2 pdr pom-pom, 1 MG, TT 4 x 21 ins in pairs
Crew 80.
An
M Class Destroyer similar to HMS Pellew
HMS ROSALIND
(1916) 1916 - 1926
R Class Destroyer - subclass Thornycroft.
Built 1916 by Thorneycrofts.
274 ft x 27.5
ft x 11 ft.
1,035 tons.
3 Yarrow boilers;
Brown-Curtis (all-geared) turbines, 2 screws; 29,000 shp;
35 knots
Armament 3 x 4
ins, 1 x 2 pdr pom-pom, 1 MG, TT 4 x 21 ins in pairs
Crew 82
HMS
Rosalind
Raymond
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