HMS Milbrook (1915)

History
United Kingdom
NameMilbrook
OrderedSeptember 1914
BuilderThornycroft, Woolston, Southampton
Laid downNovember 1914
Launched12 July 1915
CompletedOctober 1915
Out of service22 September 1921
FateSold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement976 long tons (992 t) (normal)
Length
  • 273 ft 4 in (83.3 m) (o/a)
  • 265 feet (80.8 m) (p.p.)
Beam26 ft 8 in (8.1 m)
Draught8 ft 11 in (2.7 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 nmi (4,690 km; 2,910 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement80
Armament

HMS Milbrook was an Admiralty M-class destroyer which 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 launched in 1915 and joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet. In 1916, Milbrook responded with the Grand Fleet to the bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft and fought in the Battle of Jutland. During the following year, the warship was transferred to Buncrana to operate under the Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland and, for the remainder of the war, the destroyer escorted convoys that were arriving and departing ports on the Clyde and Mersey to cross the Atlantic. In 1918, the ship was jointly responsible for the destruction of the German submarine UB-124. After the Armistice, Milbrook was placed in reserve before being sold to be broken up in 1921.

Design and development

Milbrook was one of the sixteen Admiralty M-class destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty in September 1914 as part of the First War Programme.[1] The M class was an improved version of the earlier L class, required to reach a higher speed in order to counter rumoured new German fast destroyers. The remit was to have a maximum speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) and, although ultimately the destroyers fell short of that ambition in service, the extra performance that was achieved was valued by the navy. It transpired that the rumoured German warships did not exist[2]

The destroyer had a length of 265 ft (80.8 m) between perpendiculars and 273 ft 4 in (83.3 m) overall, with a beam of 26 ft 8 in (8.1 m) and draught of 8 ft 11 in (2.7 m).[3] Normal displacement was 976 long tons (992 t).[4] Power was provided by three Yarrow boilers feeding Brown-Curtiss steam turbines rated at 23,000 shaft horsepower (17,000 kW), driving three shafts and exhausting through three funnels.[5] Design speed was 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph), but Milbrook only managed 32.75 knots (60.65 km/h; 37.69 mph) on 22,750 shp (16,960 kW) during trials.[4] A total of 228 long tons (232 t) of oil was carried, which gave a design range of 2,530 nautical miles (4,690 km; 2,910 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).[3]

Milbrook had a main armament consisting of three single QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk IV guns on the centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft on a raised platform and one between the middle and aft funnels. Torpedo armament consisted of two twin torpedo tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes located aft of the funnels.[6][7] Two single 1-pounder 37 mm (1.5 in) "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns were carried.[8] The anti-aircraft guns were later replaced by single 2-pdr 40 mm (1.6 in) "pom-pom" guns.[3] The ship had a complement of 80 officers and ratings.[8]

Construction and career

Milbrook was laid down by John I. Thornycroft & Company at their yard in Woolston, Southampton in November 1914, was launched on 12 July the following year and was completed three months later in October 1915.[9] Unlike others built by the shipyard, the destroyer was built to an Admiralty specification.[8] The vessel was the second to enter Royal Navy service to be given the name.[10][11]

Milbrook was deployed as part of the Grand Fleet, joining the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla.[12] On 26 and 27 February 1916, the flotilla took part in a large naval exercise east of Shetland, involving four flotillas of destroyers, as well as all the operational battlecruisers, battleships and cruisers of the Grand Fleet. The exercise was deemed a success.[13] On 24 April, the destroyer was based at Cromarty on the east coast of Scotland.[14] The flotilla formed part of the support for the Grand Fleet in their response to the German bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft which took place on that day. However, the slower speed of the destroyers in the choppy seas meant that they were left behind and they did not encounter the German fleet.[15]

During the following month, the destroyer sailed back to Cromarty along with eight other destroyers from the flotilla and the flotilla leader Kempenfelt to meet with the Second Battle Squadron. The ships sortied to rendezvous with the remainder of the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla under the light cruiser Castor on 31 May.[16] They then sailed along with the rest of the Grand Fleet to confront the German High Seas Fleet in the Battle of Jutland. As the two fleets converged, the flotilla formed close to the dreadnought battleship King George V, leading at the head of the Second Battle Squadron.[17][18] In the skirmish, Milbrook took no hits. As the German fleet withdrew during the night, the destroyers, led by Castor, attacked the German light cruisers of the Fourth Scouting Group, although Milbrook again was not able to achieve any hits.[19] After the battle ended, the vessel returned to Scapa Flow with the remainder of the flotilla, arriving on 2 June.[20]

The destroyer remained part of the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla on 19 August, based at Scapa Flow.[21] During the following year, Milbrook was transferred to the Northern Division of the Coast of Ireland Station based at Buncrana.[22] The destroyer was part of the escort service provided to convoys travelling across the Atlantic. The destroyers at Buncrana assisted convoys travelling across the Atlantic Ocean to and from the American industrial complex at Hampton Roads and via Sydney, Nova Scotia, arriving and departing ports on the Clyde and Mersey.[23] The division also provided three escorts every eight days to protect fast convoys travelling to and from Halifax, Nova Scotia.[24] The convoy escort role continued into 1918.[25][26] On 20 July, the destroyer, along with sister ships Marne and Pigeon, successfully drove the German submarine UB-124 to the surface with depth charges. The ships then sank the submarine with gunfire.[27]

After the Armistice that ended the war, the Royal Navy returned to a peacetime level of strength and both the number of ships and personnel needed to be reduced to save money.[28] The destroyer was transferred to reserve at Portsmouth.[29] However, the harsh conditions of wartime operations, particularly the combination of high speed and the poor weather that is typical of the North Sea, exacerbated by the fact that the hull was not galvanised, meant that the ship was soon worn out.[30] Milbrook was declared superfluous to operational requirements, retired, and, on 22 September 1921, was sold to Cohen, and broken up in Germany.[11]

Pennant numbers

Pennant number Date
HC6 August 1915[31]
G08 January 1917[32]
HA2 January 1918[33]
G24 January 1919[34]

References

Citations

  1. ^ McBride 1991, p. 45.
  2. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 132.
  3. ^ a b c Friedman 2009, p. 296.
  4. ^ a b McBride 1991, p. 44.
  5. ^ Parkes & Prendergast 1969, p. 109.
  6. ^ Preston 1985, pp. 76, 80.
  7. ^ March 1966, p. 174.
  8. ^ a b c Preston 1985, p. 76.
  9. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 308.
  10. ^ Manning & Walker 1959, p. 298.
  11. ^ a b Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 226.
  12. ^ "Destroyer Flotillas of the Grand Fleet". Supplement to the Monthly Navy List: 12. January 1916. Retrieved 9 July 2023 – via National Library of Scotland.
  13. ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 31 1926, p. 83.
  14. ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 32 1927, p. 44.
  15. ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 32 1927, p. 33.
  16. ^ Brooks 2016, pp. 154–155.
  17. ^ Brooks 2016, p. 270.
  18. ^ Corbett 1920, p. 428.
  19. ^ Brooks 2016, p. 386.
  20. ^ Newbolt 1928, p. 1.
  21. ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 33 1927, p. 259.
  22. ^ "VII. Coast of Ireland Station". Supplement to the Monthly Navy List: 17. July 1917. Retrieved 9 July 2023 – via National Library of Scotland.
  23. ^ Newbolt 1931, p. 103.
  24. ^ Newbolt 1928, p. 106.
  25. ^ Newbolt 1931, p. 335.
  26. ^ "IX Coast of Ireland Station". Supplement to the Monthly Navy List: 18. July 1918. Retrieved 9 July 2023 – via National Library of Scotland.
  27. ^ Eaton & Haas 1989, p. 195.
  28. ^ Moretz 2002, p. 79.
  29. ^ "V Vessels in Reserve at Home Ports and Other Bases". The Supplement to the Monthly Navy List: 16. July 1919. Retrieved 9 July 2023 – via National Library of Scotland.
  30. ^ Preston 1985, p. 80.
  31. ^ Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 79.
  32. ^ Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 61.
  33. ^ Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 78.
  34. ^ Bush & Warlow 2021, p. 63.

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