Murray 1914

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	MURRAY
Type:	Destroyer
Keel:	04/12/1913
Launched:	06/08/1914
Completed:	12/1914
Builder:	Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard:	Jarrow
Yard Number:	839
Dimensions:	994disp - 1025disp, 265.0 x 26.5 x 8.5(draft)ft
Engines:	3 x Steam turbines, 25000shp
Engines by:	Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion:	3 x Screws, 34.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	3 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 3 x 1 x 2pdr QF guns; 2 x 2 x 21ins torpedoes

History:
12/1914	British Royal Navy
09/05/1921	Broken up

Comments:	Member of the Admiralty M Class
	09/05/1921: Sold for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd at Briton Ferry