History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Peregrine
NamesakePeregrine falcon
OrderedMay 1915
BuilderJohn Brown & Company, Clydebank
Yard number448
Laid down9 June 1915
Launched29 May 1916
Completed10 July 1916
Out of service5 November 1921
FateSold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 860 long tons (870 t) normal
  • 1,021 long tons (1,037 t) full load
Length273 ft 8 in (83.4 m)
Beam26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
Propulsion
Speed34 knots (63.0 km/h; 39.1 mph)
Range3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement76
Armament

HMS Peregrine was a Admiralty M-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class were an improvement on the preceding L class, capable of higher speed. Launched on 29 May 1916, the vessel served with the Grand Fleet, focusing on anti-submarine warfare. In 1917, the destroyer was involved in the search for UC-65 after the submarine had sunk the protected cruiser Ariadne. After the Armistice that ended the war, the destroyer was placed in reserve and subsequently sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921.

Design and development

Peregrine was one of sixteen Admiralty M-class destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty in May 1915 as part of the Fifth War Construction Programme.[1] The M-class was an improved version of the earlier L-class destroyer destroyers, designed to reach a higher speed in order to counter rumoured German fast destroyers, although it transpired these vessels did not exist.[2]

The destroyer was 273 feet 8 inches (83.41 m) long overall, with a beam of 26 feet 9 inches (8.15 m) and a draught of 16 feet 3 inches (4.95 m). Displacement was 860 long tons (870 t) normal and 1,021 long tons (1,037 t) full load.[3] Power was provided by three Yarrow boilers feeding two Brown-Curtis steam turbines rated at 25,000 shaft horsepower (19,000 kW) and driving two shafts, to give a design speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph).[4] Three funnels were fitted and 296 long tons (301 t) of oil carried, giving a design range of 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).[5]

Armament consisted of three 4-inch (102 mm) Mk IV QF guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised platform and one between the middle and aft funnels. A single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun was carried, while torpedo armament consisted of two twin tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes.[6] The ship had a complement of 76 officers and ratings.[5]

Construction and career

Peregrine was laid down by John Brown & Company of Clydebank, alongside sister ship Penn on 9 June 1915, with the yard number 448, launched on 29 May the following year and completed on 10 June.[3] The ship was named after the Peregrine falcon, a title that dates from 1650.[7] The vessel was deployed as part of the Grand Fleet, joining the newly formed Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[8]

Peregrine spent most of the First World War in anti-submarine escorting and patrols. For example, on 15 June 1917, the vessel, along with the rest of the flotilla, was involved in a large sweep of the area west of the Shetland Islands.[9] The destroyer did not succeed in spotting or sinking any submarines.[10] On 26 July, the destroyer was escorting the protected cruiser Ariadne from Immingham to Plymouth, to lay a deep minefield. Off the coast of Folkestone, the German U-boat UC-65, captained by Korvettenkapitän Otto Steinbrinck, sighted the vessels and launched two torpedoes.[11] The torpedoes hit, sinking Ariadne, while Peregrine unsuccessfully searched for the submarine.[12]

After the armistice, the Royal Navy returned to a peacetime level of mobilisation and Peregrine was declared superfluous to operational requirements. On 29 November 1919, the destroyer was reduced and placed in reserve.[13] However, this did not last long and, on 5 November 1921, Peregrine was sold to be broken up to Cashmore or Newport, Wales.[14]

Pennant numbers

Pennant number Date
G60September 1915[15]
G65January 1917[16]
H94September 1918[17]
G38January 1919[18]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ McBride 1991, p. 34.
  2. ↑ Friedman 2009, p. 132.
  3. 1 2 Johnston 2014, p. 189.
  4. ↑ Parkes & Prendergast 1969, p. 109.
  5. 1 2 Friedman 2009, p. 296.
  6. ↑ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 79.
  7. ↑ Manning & Walker 1959, p. 339.
  8. ↑ "Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet". Supplement to the Monthly Navy List: 12. July 1916. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Naval Staff Monograph No. 35 1939, pp. 163.
  10. ↑ Naval Staff Monograph No. 35 1939, pp. 166.
  11. ↑ Naval Staff Monograph No. 35 1939, pp. 203.
  12. ↑ Naval Staff Monograph No. 35 1939, pp. 187.
  13. ↑ "Peregrine", The Navy List, p. 823, July 1920, retrieved 20 December 2021 – via National Library of Scotland
  14. ↑ Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 264.
  15. ↑ Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 65.
  16. ↑ Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 67.
  17. ↑ Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 77.
  18. ↑ Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 64.

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