Английская Википедия:HMS Ready (1916)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Ready was a destroyer of the M class that served with the Royal Navy during First World War. Launched by Thornycroft in 1916, the vessel was the one of two similar ships ordered as part of the Fifth War Construction Programme. They differed from the remainder of the M class in having more powerful engines. The design was used as the basis for the subsequent five ships of the Шаблон:Sclass2 also built by the yard. Ready operated within the Grand Fleet until it was disbanded at the end of the war. The vessel was credited with helping to sink a German Q-ship in 1917. After the war, the destroyer was initially transferred to HMNB Portsmouth, but was retired and sold to be broken up in 1926 after almost a decade of service as part of a preparation for a fleet of new destroyers.
Design and development
Шаблон:Main Ready was one of two Шаблон:Sclass2 destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty from John I. Thornycroft & Company in May 1915 as part of the Fifth War Construction Programme. Ready and Шаблон:HMS differed from the Admiralty design in having more powerful engines, which gave them a higher potential speed.Шаблон:Sfn The speed increase was to combat a rumoured German design that was capable of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn Thornycroft had previously delivered four other M-class destroyers to the Admiralty to slightly different specifications, and together they are considered to be a single class.Шаблон:Sfn
Ready was Шаблон:Convert long overall and Шаблон:Convert long between perpendiculars, with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a draught of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn Displacement was Шаблон:Convert normal and Шаблон:Convert full load. Three Yarrow boilers fed steam to Brown-Curtis steam turbines rated at Шаблон:Convert which drove three shafts, giving a design speed of Шаблон:Convert, although the ship reached Шаблон:Convert during trials.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Three funnels were fitted, the centre one being wider than the others, a feature shared with the R-class destroyers designed by Thornycroft.Шаблон:Sfn A total of Шаблон:Convert of fuel oil was carried, giving a design range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn
Armament consisted of three single [[QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII|QF Шаблон:Convert Mk IV]] guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft and one between the second and third funnels.Шаблон:Sfn Four [[British 21 inch torpedo|Шаблон:Convert torpedoes]] torpedoes were carried in two twin rotating mounts.Шаблон:Sfn By 1920, the ship was equipped with a single [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|QF 2-pounder Шаблон:Convert "pom-pom"]] anti-aircraft gun.Шаблон:Sfn The vessel had a complement of 82 officers and ratings.Шаблон:Sfn
Construction and service
Ready was laid down on 2 September 1915 and launched on 26 August 1916.Шаблон:Sfn Once completed in October 1916, the ship joined the Grand Fleet, allocated to the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[1] The flotilla was involved in anti-submarine patrols during June 1917 which, although involving twelves attacks, did not lead to the destruction of any submarines.Шаблон:Sfn From 31 October to 2 November 1917, the 15th Flotilla made a sortie into the Kattegat, sinking the German Q-ship K (also known as Kronprinz Wilhelm) on 2 November and nine trawlers.[2][3] Ready, together with the destroyer leader Шаблон:HMS, and the destroyers Шаблон:HMS, Шаблон:HMS, Шаблон:HMS, Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:HMS, was awarded a bounty for sinking Konprinz Wilhelm.[4]
Ready continued to serve with the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla until the end of the war.[5] When the Grand Fleet was disbanded, Ready was allocated to the defence flotilla at HMNB Portsmouth.[6] However, in 1923, the Navy decided to scrap many of the older destroyers in preparation for the introduction of newer and larger vessels.Шаблон:Sfn The destroyer was sold to King to be broken up at Garston, Liverpool on 13 July 1926.Шаблон:Sfn
Pennant numbers
| Pennant Number | Date |
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| G71 | September 1915Шаблон:Sfn |
| G87 | January 1917Шаблон:Sfn |
| G84 | January 1918Шаблон:Sfn |
| D97 | November 1919Шаблон:Sfn |
| H74 | January 1922Шаблон:Sfn |
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