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Name: MARY ROSE
Type: Destroyer
Keel: 14/11/1914
Launched: 08/10/1915
Completed: 05/03/1916
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 981
Dimensions: 994disp - 1042disp, 265.0 x 26.7 x 8.7(draft)ft
Engines: 3 x Steam turbines, Brown-Curtis type, 25000shp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 3 x Screws, 34.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 3 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 2 x 1 x 2pdr QF guns; 2 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes
History:
05/03/1916 British Royal Navy
17/10/1917 Sank
Comments: Member of the Admiralty M Class
17/10/1917: Sunk by gunfire from German cruisers BREMSE & BRUMMER
In a position 70miles east of Lerwick, whilst providing convoy escort


Above photo copyright of the Imperial War Museum

Above photo copyright of the Imperial War Museum

Profile & Decks plans courtesy of Dr Dan Saranga Click HERE to enlarge