H.M.S. Mentor (1914)

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H.M.S. Mentor (1914)
Pendant Number: H.6A (1914)
H.77 (Jan 1918)
D.54 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: 1913 Programme[3]
Launched: 21 Aug, 1914[4]
Completed: Jan, 1915[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Mentor was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

At the Battle of Dogger Bank on 24 January 1915, Mentor fired three torpedoes at 11:30am, securing (it was believed and reported) a single hit.[6]

She struck a mine near Horn's Reef on 18 August, 1915, sustaining damage only to her now.

Her bow was again damaged in a collision later in the war.

On 23–24 April 1918, she participated in the First Ostend Raid.[Citation needed]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Alterations

In 1915 or 1916, she was one of sixteen light cruisers and destroyers to trial a Wise Pressure Telegraphy System Type B for torpedo control.[18]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 64.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 77.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 64.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 77.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 308.
  6. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 23.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 810.
  8. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 396.
  10. Rowley-Conwy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. ff. 83, 232.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396bb.
  12. Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  13. Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 845.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 845.
  16. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 845.
  17. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 845.
  18. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1916. p. 30.

Bibliography


"M" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design (Three Funnels)
Matchless Murray Myngs Milne Moorsom
Morris Mons Marne Mystic Maenad
Manners Mandate Magic Moresby Marmion
Martial Mary Rose Menace Mameluke Marvel
Mischief Mindful Nonsuch Negro Nessus
Noble Nizam Nomad Nonpareil Norman
Northesk North Star Nugent Obedient Obdurate
Onslaught Onslow Opal Ophelia Opportune
Oracle Orestes Orford Orpheus Octavia
Ossory Nestor Napier Narborough Narwhal
Nicator Norseman Oberon Observer Offa
Orcadia Oriana Oriole Osiris Paladin
Parthian Partridge Pasley Plucky Portia
Pheasant Phoebe Pigeon Plover Penn
Peregrine Pelican Pellew Petard Peyton
  Prince Pylades Medina Medway  
Thornycroft Specials (Three Funnels)
Mastiff Meteor Michael Milbrook Minion
Munster Nepean Nereus Patrician Patriot
  Rapid Ready  
Yarrow Specials (Two Funnels)
Miranda Minos Manly Moon Morning Star
Mounsey Musketeer Nerissa Relentless Rival
Hawthorn Leslie Specials (Four Funnels)
  Mansfield Mentor  
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