H.M.S. Murray (1914)

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H.M.S. Murray (1914)
Pendant Number: H.A4 (1914)
H.86 (Jan 1918)
D.33 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: 1913 Programme[3]
Launched: 6 Aug, 1914[4]
Completed: Dec, 1914[5]
Sold: May, 1921[6]

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

Service

Around March 1915, Murray joined the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla, which would become part of the Harwich Force.

Around July 1917, Murray moved over to the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, which was a component of the Dover Patrol.

On 14 January, 1918 Murray collided with Vehement through was was determined to be an error in judgement on the part of her Lt. in Command, Hugh Bourchier Wrey.[7]

Murray collided with Phoebe on 6 September, 1918.[8]

Murray was reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth, 17 October, 1919.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

  • Wikipedia
  • The extensive, lightly- (to heavily-) fictionalized works by H. Taprell Dorling under his nom de plume, "Taffrail"

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. Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
  8. Gore-Langton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/16. f. 419?
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 814.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396dd.
  11. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
  12. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395u.
  13. Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
  14. Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
  15. Wrey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/62. f. 420.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
  17. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  18. Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
  19. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 849.

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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