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Later, while part of the {{UK-DF|6}}, the ship was one of four of her class undergoing refit in [[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] until 8 July, 1914.{{AWO1914|88 of 3 July 1914}}
 
Later, while part of the {{UK-DF|6}}, the ship was one of four of her class undergoing refit in [[Chatham Royal Dockyard]] until 8 July, 1914.{{AWO1914|88 of 3 July 1914}}
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On 4 March, 1915, ''Maori'', under the command of Commander Barrow and {{UK-Ghurka}} joined ten other destroyers in prosecuting {{DE-U8}} which {{UK-VIking}} had been attacking, successfully blowing the submarine to the surface and taking 28 prisoners.{{HardLying|p. 101}}
  
 
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==Captains==
 
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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*Lieutenant & Commander [[Henry F. H. Wakefield]], 12 January, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 343.</ref>
 
*Lieutenant & Commander [[Henry F. H. Wakefield]], 12 January, 1911.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 343.</ref>
 
* {{LCommRN}} [[Henry de B. Tupper]], 3 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 344.</ref>
 
* {{LCommRN}} [[Henry de B. Tupper]], 3 December, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 344.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Benjamin W. Barrow]], 30 July, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 354.</ref>
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* {{CommRN}} [[Benjamin W. Barrow]], 30 July, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 354.</ref>
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 19:37, 17 December 2013

H.M.S. Maori (1909)
Pendant Number: H.16 (1914)[1]
Builder: Denny[2]
Ordered: 1907-08 Programme[3]
Launched: 24 May, 1909[4]
Mined: 7 May, 1915[5]

H.M.S. Maori was one of 12 destroyers of the "Tribal" class.

Service

In mid-1913, she as serving with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

Later, while part of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, the ship was one of four of her class undergoing refit in Chatham Royal Dockyard until 8 July, 1914.[7]

On 4 March, 1915, Maori, under the command of Commander Barrow and Ghurka joined ten other destroyers in prosecuting U 8 which Template:UK-VIking had been attacking, successfully blowing the submarine to the surface and taking 28 prisoners.[8]

Radio

In 1909, she became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  3. March. British Destroyers. p. 84.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 72.
  6. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 343.
  7. Admiralty Weekly Order No. 88 of 3 July 1914.
  8. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 101.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. Wireless Appendix, p. 25.
  10. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 343.
  11. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 344.
  12. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 354.

Bibliography


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