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Thornycroft M-class destroyer

Index Thornycroft M-class destroyer

The Thornycroft M or Mastiff class were a class of six British destroyers completed for the Royal Navy during 1914-16 for World War I service. [1]

19 relations: Admiralty M-class destroyer, British 21 inch torpedo, Destroyer, Esquimalt, HMS Meteor (1914), HMS Patrician (1916), HMS Patriot (1916), John I. Thornycroft & Company, Kite balloon, Length overall, Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, QF 2-pounder naval gun, QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, Ship class, Steam turbine, Torpedo tube, World War I.

Admiralty M-class destroyer

The M class, more properly known as the Admiralty M class, were a class of 85 destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. All ships were built to an identical - Admiralty - design, hence the class name (25 other vessels of the 'M' class were built to variant designs by three specialist builders Thornycroft, Yarrow, and Hawthorn Leslie).

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British 21 inch torpedo

There have been several British 21-inch (533 mm) diameter torpedoes used by the Royal Navy since their first development just before the First World War.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers.

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Esquimalt

The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada.

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HMS Meteor (1914)

HMS Meteor was a destroyer that served in the British Royal Navy.

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HMS Patrician (1916)

HMS Patrician was a that served in the British Royal Navy during World War I. The destroyer entered service in 1916 and served with the Grand Fleet.

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HMS Patriot (1916)

HMS Patriot was a that served in the British Royal Navy.

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John I. Thornycroft & Company

John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft was a British shipbuilding firm founded by John Isaac Thornycroft in Chiswick in 1866.

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Kite balloon

A kite balloon is a tethered balloon which is aerodynamically optimised for windy conditions by making it directionally stable and by minimising aerodynamic resistance to the wind, or drag.

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Length overall

Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline.

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Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company

Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British engineering company based in Wallsend, North East England, on the River Tyne.

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QF 2-pounder naval gun

The 2-pounder gun,British military of the period traditionally denoted smaller guns in terms of the approximate weight of the standard projectile, rather than by its bore diameter, which in this case was 40 mm.

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QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII

The QF 4-inch gun Mk IVMk IV.

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Royal Canadian Navy

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; French: Marine royale canadienne) is the naval force of Canada.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Ship class

A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design.

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Steam turbine

A steam turbine is a device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft.

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Torpedo tube

A torpedo tube is a cylinder shaped device for launching torpedoes.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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Redirects here:

Thornycroft "M" class, Thornycroft M class destroyer.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornycroft_M-class_destroyer

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