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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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Revision as of 21:35, 3 November 2015

H.M.S. Miranda (1914)
Pendant Number: H.A0 (1914)
H.83 (Jan 1918)
D.24 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Yarrow[2]
Ordered: 1913 Programme[3]
Launched: 27 May, 1914[4]
Completed: Aug, 1914[5]
Commissioned: Aug, 1914[6]
Sold:

H.M.S. Miranda was one of 103 destroyers of the "M" class.

Service

In September 1914, Miranda was selected as an "M class T.B.D." to join Third Destroyer Flotilla as the half-flotilla leader and be fitted with a Mark II W/T set, longer mast, No. 2 set of flags and two additional signal ratings.[7][8]

At the Battle of Dogger Bank on 24 January 1915, Miranda fired a torpedo at 11:00am from 5,500 yards with 135R and 20 knot target, securing (it was believed and reported) a hit under the bridge of its target.[9]

Paid off 19 November, 1919.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 77.
  7. ↑ Grand Fleet Conferences, 1914. pp. 104, 218.
  8. ↑ Grand Fleet Conferences, 1914. p. 218.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915. p. 23.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 811.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 358.
  12. ↑ Domvile Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 465.
  13. ↑ Domvile Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 465.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396cc.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 847.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 847.

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  
<– Laforey Class Destroyers (UK) Medea Class –>


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