H.M.S. Broke (1914)

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H.M.S. Broke (1914)
Pendant Number: H.98 (1914)
H.23 (Jan 1918)
D.10 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: J. S. White[2]
Launched: 25 May, 1914[3]
To Chile: May, 1920[4]

H.M.S. Broke was one of four Faulknor class flotilla leaders.

Service

In September 1914, it was decided that Broke should join the Second 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.[5]

At the Battle of Jutland, she was the 2nd in command of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment given.

Torpedoes

21-in torpedoes

The ship was equipped with Service single revolving tubes and used side-lug torpedoes. At outbreak of war, one Weymouth Mark III* (then being tested) and six Weymouth Mark II (then being intended for Japanese purchase) were given to Broke. The Mark II torpedoes had settings for 38 knots to 3,500 metres and 25 knots to 10,000 metres.[9]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 65.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 65.
  5. ↑ Grand Fleet Conferences, 1914. p. 104.
  6. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
  7. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 44.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (February, 1919). p. 746.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1914. pp. 10-12, 15.

Bibliography

  • March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited. (on Bookfinder.com).


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