H.M.S. Moorsom (1914)

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H.M.S. Moorsom (1914)
Pendant Number: H.A2 (1914)
H.84 (Jan 1918)
D.27 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: 1913 Programme[3]
Launched: 20 Dec, 1914[4]
Completed: Feb, 1915[5]
Sold: Nov, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Moorsom was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, Moorsom operated as one of six Harwich Force destroyers screening the Second Battle Cruiser Squadron.[7]

Some time in 1918, a torpedo was fired while the tube was trained inboard, in harbour. No details on the mayhem were provided.[8]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport, 15 October, 1919.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

It must be explored by Hamilton and Hodgson conflict here and on Taurus.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 64.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 64.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 308.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  7. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 10.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1918. p. 85.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 814.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396d.
  11. ↑ Hodgson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/124. f. 124.
  12. ↑ Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 848.
  14. ↑ Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.

Bibliography


"M" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design (Three Funnels)
Matchless Murray Myngs Milne Moorsom
Morris Mons Marne Mystic Maenad
Manners Mandate Magic Moresby Marmion
Martial Mary Rose Menace Mameluke Marvel
Mischief Mindful Nonsuch Negro Nessus
Noble Nizam Nomad Nonpareil Norman
Northesk North Star Nugent Obedient Obdurate
Onslaught Onslow Opal Ophelia Opportune
Oracle Orestes Orford Orpheus Octavia
Ossory Nestor Napier Narborough Narwhal
Nicator Norseman Oberon Observer Offa
Orcadia Oriana Oriole Osiris Paladin
Parthian Partridge Pasley Plucky Portia
Pheasant Phoebe Pigeon Plover Penn
Peregrine Pelican Pellew Petard Peyton
  Prince Pylades Medina Medway  
Thornycroft Specials (Three Funnels)
Mastiff Meteor Michael Milbrook Minion
Munster Nepean Nereus Patrician Patriot
  Rapid Ready  
Yarrow Specials (Two Funnels)
Miranda Minos Manly Moon Morning Star
Mounsey Musketeer Nerissa Relentless Rival
Hawthorn Leslie Specials (Four Funnels)
  Mansfield Mentor  
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