Английская Википедия:HMS Nereide (1910)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Nereide was one of 20 Шаблон:Sclass (later H-class) destroyers built for the Royal Navy. The destroyer served in the First World War. The Acorn class were smaller than the preceding Шаблон:Sclass but oil-fired and better armed. Launched in 1910, Nereide served with the Second Destroyer Flotilla based at the naval base at Devonport until being transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1917. The vessel was employed primarily in an anti-submarine role, undertaking escort and patrol duties. In 1918, the destroyer participated in the bombardment of Durazzo. After the Armistice, the destroyer was reduced to reserve before being sold to be broken up in 1921.
Design and description
Шаблон:Main After the preceding coal-burning Шаблон:Sclass, the Шаблон:Sclasss saw a return to oil-firing. Pioneered by the Шаблон:Sclass2 of 1905 and Шаблон:HMS of 1907, using oil enabled a more efficient design, leading to a smaller vessel which also had increased deck space available for weaponry.Шаблон:Sfn Unlike previous destroyer designs, where the individual yards had been given discretion within the parameters set by the Admiralty, the Acorn class were a set, with the propulsion machinery the only major variation between the different ships.Шаблон:Sfn This enabled costs to be reduced.Шаблон:Sfn The class was later renamed H class.Шаблон:Sfn
Nereide was Шаблон:Convert long between perpendiculars and Шаблон:Convert overall, with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a deep draught of Шаблон:Convert. Displacement was Шаблон:Convert normal and Шаблон:Convert full load.Шаблон:Sfn Power was provided by Parsons steam turbines, fed by four Yarrow boilers.Шаблон:Sfn Parsons supplied a complex of high-pressure and low pressure turbines, driving three shafts.Шаблон:Sfn The engines were rated at Шаблон:Convert and design speed was Шаблон:Convert, although, on trial, Nereide achieved Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn Three funnels were fitted.Шаблон:Sfn The vessel carried Шаблон:Convert of fuel oil and had a design range of Шаблон:Convert at a cruising speed of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
The armament consisted of a single [[BL 4 inch naval gun Mk VIII|BL Шаблон:Convert Mk VIII]] gun carried on the forecastle and another aft. Two single [[QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun|QF 12-pounder Шаблон:Convert guns]] were mounted between the first two funnels.Шаблон:Sfn Two rotating [[British 21 inch torpedo|Шаблон:Convert]] torpedo tubes were mounted aft of the funnels, with two reloads carried, and a searchlight fitted between the tubes.Шаблон:Sfn The destroyer was later modified to carry a single Vickers [[Ordnance QF 3-pounder Vickers|QF 3-pounder Шаблон:Convert]] anti-aircraft gun and depth charges for anti-submarine warfare.Шаблон:Sfn The ship's complement was 72 officers and ratings.Шаблон:Sfn
Construction and career
The 20 destroyers of the Acorn class were ordered by the Admiralty under the 1909–1910 Naval Programme on 8 September 1909. Nereide was laid down at the Dumbarton shipyard of R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company with the yard number 435 on 3 December, launched on 6 September 1910 and completed on 6 April 1911.[1]Шаблон:Sfn The ship was the fifth in Royal Navy service to be given the name, the first being the captured Шаблон:Ship.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn[2] On commissioning, the vessel joined the Second Destroyer Flotilla.Шаблон:Sfn[3] From 6 September 1911, the destroyer spent a month visiting Campbeltown.[4]
After the British Empire declared war on Germany at the beginning of the First World War in August 1914, the Flotilla became part of the Grand Fleet.Шаблон:Sfn Between 13 and 15 October, the Flotilla supported the battleships of the Grand Fleet in a practice cruise.Шаблон:Sfn Soon afterwards, the destroyers were deployed to Devonport to undertake escort and patrol duties, protecting merchant ships against German submarines, remaining there until December 1916.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
At the start of 1917, Nereide was assigned to the British Adriatic Squadron as part of the Mediterranean Fleet.[5] On 20 January 1918, Nereide was based at Gibraltar, undertaking patrols.Шаблон:Sfn On 2 October, the destroyer formed part of the escort for the Bombardment of Durazzo, led by the Italian armoured cruiser Шаблон:Ship.Шаблон:Sfn On 26 November, the destroyer departed for Varna in the Black Sea as part of a joint operation with the French and Italian Navies.[6]
After the Armistice, the Royal Navy needed to return to a peacetime level of strength and both the number of ships and the amount of personnel needed to be reduced to save money.Шаблон:Sfn In 1919, Nereide joined 48 other destroyers in reserve at Devonport.[7] The vessel was sold to Stanlee of Dover to be broken up, on 1 December 1921.Шаблон:Sfn
Pennant numbers
| Pennant Number | Date |
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| H70 | January 1919Шаблон:Sfn |
| H84 | January 1918Шаблон:Sfn |
| H89 | January 1918Шаблон:Sfn |
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