HMS Mary Rose (1915)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Mary Rose
BuilderSwan Hunter
Launched8 October 1915
FateSunk, 17 October 1917
General characteristics
Class & typeAdmiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement
Length265 ft (81 m) (p.p.)
Beam26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
Draught8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power3 Yarrow boilers, 25,000 shp (19,000 kW)
PropulsionBrown-Curtiss steam turbines, 3 shafts
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range2,530 nautical miles (4,690 km; 2,910 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement80
Armament

HMS Mary Rose was an Admiralty M-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class was an improvement on those of the preceding L class, capable of higher speed. The destroyer was armed with three single QF 4 in (102 mm) guns and four tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes. Launched in October 1915, the destroyer served with the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet. Mary Rose was sunk on 17 October 1917 by the German light cruisers SMS Brummer and SMS Bremse in an action approximately 70 miles (110 km) east of Lerwick while escorting a convoy of twelve merchant ships from Norway.