Английская Википедия:HMS Tipperary
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Tipperary, launched on 5 March 1915, was a Royal Navy Шаблон:Sclass destroyer which was sunk in action on 1 June 1916 by the Imperial German Navy at the Battle of Jutland in World War I.
War service
Originally ordered by Chile, Tipperary and her sisters were bought by the Royal Navy at the outbreak of World War I. Initially, Tipperary served as the second flotilla leader with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in the Harwich Force, arriving there in June 1915.[1] Late in that same year, she took charge of a detachment of destroyers from the 2nd Flotilla,[2] while in March 1916, Tipperary had rejoined the Harwich Force, being attached to the Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron.[3]
For a while during the war she was commanded by Captain (later Admiral) Sir Barry Domvile.[4]
In May 1916 Tipperary was made the leader of the 4th Flotilla, a formation which directly supported the Grand Fleet.[5]
Sinking
About 21:58 GMT 31 May 1916 while 4th Destroyer Flotilla was searching for the German High Seas Fleet in the North Sea in the Battle of Jutland she encountered the enemy's 7th Flotilla (destroyers). The Imperial German Naval vessels launched torpedoes at the British ships, none of which hit, and 7th Flotilla then turned away. Nicholas Jellicoe's account states that "Between 23:15 and 23:20 a lookout [on HMS Garland] ... saw what he thought were enemy ships on the starboard quarter".[6] A few minutes later Tipperary flashed the recognition signal and was immediately lit up by the searchlights of three German battleships and three light cruisers.[7] From 23:30 to about 23:34 around 150 5.9-inch shells from Шаблон:SMS and Шаблон:SMS were fired at Tipperary; she was badly stricken by this fire, which left her bridge damaged and most of her forward crew casualties, including her commander, Captain Wintour. At about 02:00 GMT 1 June 1916 she was abandoned, and sank in the following hours due to battle damage.[8] 150 of her crew of 197 were killed in the action, a number of the survivors were rescued from the sea by the Imperial German Navy and transported back to Germany as prisoners of war.
Stoker David Eunson described the sinking: "As we floated away on that awful night, many died of sheer exhaustion and suffering. After drifting for well nigh 5 hours we were picked up at dawn. I saw the Tipperary, a mass of flames, keel over".[9]
Aftermath
The wrecksite is designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
Citations
Bibliography
- Шаблон:Cite book
- Шаблон:Cite Colledge2006
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- SI 2008/0950 Designation under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986
External links
Шаблон:Faulknor class leader Шаблон:Chilean destroyers Шаблон:May 1916 shipwrecks Шаблон:Coord missing
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