Name: | PIGEON |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 14/07/1915 |
Launched: | 03/03/1916 |
Completed: | 02/06/1916 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 481 |
Dimensions: | 1025 - 1127disp, 265.0 x 26.7 x 9.3ft |
Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, 25000ihp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Turbine Co, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 3 x Screws, 34.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 3 x 1 x 4.0ins, 1 x 2pdr QF guns; 2 x 2 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
02/06/1916 | British Royal Navy |
09/05/1921 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the M Class |
09/05/1921: Sold for breaking up at New Holland by TW Ward Ltd |
Above photo showing (L-R) PIGEON, PLOVER & SARPEDON on the stocks is copyright of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum