HMS Phoebe (1916)
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HMS Phoebe was an Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. She took part in the Zeebrugge Raid in 1918 and was sold for scrap in 1921.
Description
The Admiralty M class were improved and faster versions of the preceding Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..[1] They displaced Script error: No such module "convert". at normal load. The ships had an overall length of Script error: No such module "convert"., a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a deep draught of Script error: No such module "convert".. Phoebe was powered by a single Parsons direct-drive steam turbine that drove three propeller shafts using steam provided by three Yarrow boilers. The turbines developed a total of Script error: No such module "convert". and gave a maximum speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. The ships carried a maximum of Script error: No such module "convert". of fuel oil that gave them a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert".. The ships' complement was 76 officers and ratings.[2]
The Admiralty Ms were armed with three single QF Script error: No such module "convert". Mark IV guns. One gun was positioned on the forecastle, the second was between the centre and aft funnels and the third at the stern. They were equipped with a pair of [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2-pounder (Template:Cvt)]] "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns, one on each broadside abreast the bridge. They were also fitted with two rotating twin mounts for Script error: No such module "convert". torpedoes amidships.[3]
Construction and service
Phoebe was ordered under the Fifth War Programme in February 1915 and built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan. The ship was launched on 20 November 1916 and completed in December 1916.[4] She escorted H.M.S Vindictive at the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918.[5] Post-war, the ship was sold for breaking up in November 1921.[4]
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