| Name: | MARNE |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 23/10/1939 |
| Launched: | 30/10/1940 |
| Completed: | 02/12/1941 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 18 |
| Dimensions: | 1920disp - 2725disp, 345.5 x 37.0 x 10.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 48000shp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 2 x 4.7ins, 1 x 4.0ins AA, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 2 x 1 x 20mm AA guns; |
| 1 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes; 2 x 1 x A/S mortars; depth charges | |
| History: | |
| 02/12/1941 | British Royal Navy |
| 1959 | Government of Turkey; renamed MARESAL FEVZI CAKMAK |
| 1972 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the M Class of destroyers |
| 1941: Completion delayed by late delivery of the three twin gun mountings | |
| 12/11/1942: Torpedoed & damaged by U-Boat U515 west of Gibraltar | |
| Stern was blown off, but she was towed back to Gibraltar for repairs |
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Above photo as MARNE is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MARNE is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MARESAL FEVZI CAKMAK is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MARESAL FEVZI CAKMAK is courtesy of Photoship