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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Royal Navy minelayer (1915)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other ships with the same name, see <a href="/wiki/HMS_Abdiel" title="HMS Abdiel">HMS Abdiel</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Abdiel_(1915)_IWM_SP_003155.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/HMS_Abdiel_%281915%29_IWM_SP_003155.jpg/300px-HMS_Abdiel_%281915%29_IWM_SP_003155.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/HMS_Abdiel_%281915%29_IWM_SP_003155.jpg/450px-HMS_Abdiel_%281915%29_IWM_SP_003155.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/HMS_Abdiel_%281915%29_IWM_SP_003155.jpg/600px-HMS_Abdiel_%281915%29_IWM_SP_003155.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="475" /></a></span><div>HMS <i>Abdiel</i> fitted as a minelayer. The aft end of the ship is screened off with canvas to conceal the minelaying equipment</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em"><span class="nowrap">United Kingdom</span></span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>HMS <i>Abdiel</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Cammell_Laird" title="Cammell Laird">Cammell Laird</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birkenhead" title="Birkenhead">Birkenhead</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>6 May 1915</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>12 October 1915</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>26 March 1916</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Honours and<br />awards</td><td>Jutland 1916<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold for scrap July 1936</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Marksman-class_flotilla_leader" title="Marksman-class flotilla leader"><i>Marksman</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">flotilla leader</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,440 long tons (1,460 t) normal</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,700 long tons (1,700 t) deep load</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>324 ft 10 in (99.01 m) (overall)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>12 ft (3.66 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Three shafts</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Parsons turbines</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Four <a href="/wiki/Yarrow_boiler" title="Yarrow boiler">Yarrow boilers</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">36,000 shp (27,000 kW)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>4,290 nmi (7,950 km; 4,940 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>104</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/QF_4_inch_naval_gun_Mk_IV,_XII,_XXII" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII">QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk IV guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_2_pounder_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 2 pounder naval gun">2 pdr "pom-pom" Mk. II</a> AA guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">66 mines</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>Abdiel</i></b> was a <a href="/wiki/Marksman-class_flotilla_leader" title="Marksman-class flotilla leader"><i>Marksman</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">flotilla leader</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, built by <a href="/wiki/Cammell_Laird" title="Cammell Laird">Cammell Laird</a> during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>. She was converted to a <a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">minelayer</a> during construction, commissioning during 1916, and served at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland" title="Battle of Jutland">Battle of Jutland</a>. Following the end of the war, <i>Abdiel</i> served in the Baltic during the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a>. She was sold for scrap in 1936. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_design">Construction and design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Abdiel_(1915)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Construction and design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1914, as part of the Emergency War Programme of shipbuilding, the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">British Admiralty</a> ordered three <a href="/wiki/Marksman-class_flotilla_leader" title="Marksman-class flotilla leader"><i>Marksman</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">flotilla leaders</a> (i.e. large destroyers intended to lead flotillas of smaller destroyers in action) from the <a href="/wiki/Birkenhead" title="Birkenhead">Birkenhead</a> shipyard <a href="/wiki/Cammell_Laird" title="Cammell Laird">Cammell Laird</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fried_p136-7_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fried_p136-7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fried_p307_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fried_p307-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third of these three ships, HMS <i>Abdiel</i> (originally to be named <i>Ithuriel</i><sup id="cite_ref-Conways06_p77_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways06_p77-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was laid down on 6 May 1915 and was launched on 12 October 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-Fried_p307_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fried_p307-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Marksman</i>-class ships were 324 feet 10 inches (99.01 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">long overall</a>, 324 feet (99 m) <a href="/wiki/Waterline_length" title="Waterline length">at the waterline</a> and 315 feet 0 inches (96.01 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_between_perpendiculars" title="Length between perpendiculars">between perpendiculars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Friedman_p296-7_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman_p296-7-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 31 feet 9 inches (9.68 m) and a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Draft (ship)">draught</a> of 12 feet 0 inches (3.66 m).<sup id="cite_ref-Conways06_p77_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways06_p77-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The design <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">displacement</a> was 1,440 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (1,460 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) normal and 1,700 long tons (1,700 t) full load.<sup id="cite_ref-Conways06_p77_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways06_p77-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Abdiel</i> was propelled by three sets of <a href="/wiki/Parsons_Marine_Steam_Turbine_Company" title="Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company">Parsons</a> <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a>, fed by four <a href="/wiki/Yarrow_boiler" title="Yarrow boiler">Yarrow three-drum boilers</a>, rated at 36,000 shaft horsepower (27,000 kW), which gave a speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph). Four funnels were fitted.<sup id="cite_ref-Fried_p136-7_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fried_p136-7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Conways06_p77_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways06_p77-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Up to 515 tons of oil fuel could be carried, giving a range of 4,290 nautical miles (7,950 km; 4,940 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-Friedman_p296-7_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman_p296-7-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship's crew was 104 officers and men.<sup id="cite_ref-Conways06_p77_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways06_p77-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Abdiel_%26_Aurora_mines_WWI_IWM_SP_001196.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/HMS_Abdiel_%26_Aurora_mines_WWI_IWM_SP_001196.jpg/220px-HMS_Abdiel_%26_Aurora_mines_WWI_IWM_SP_001196.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/HMS_Abdiel_%26_Aurora_mines_WWI_IWM_SP_001196.jpg/330px-HMS_Abdiel_%26_Aurora_mines_WWI_IWM_SP_001196.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/HMS_Abdiel_%26_Aurora_mines_WWI_IWM_SP_001196.jpg/440px-HMS_Abdiel_%26_Aurora_mines_WWI_IWM_SP_001196.jpg 2x" data-file-width="606" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><i>Abdiel</i> (right) moored alongside the cruiser <a href="/wiki/HMS_Aurora_(1913)" title="HMS Aurora (1913)"><i>Aurora</i></a>, showing the ships' minerails.</figcaption></figure> <p>The armament of the <i>Marksman</i>-class was planned to be four <a href="/wiki/QF_4_inch_naval_gun_Mk_IV,_XII,_XXII" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII">QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk IV guns</a> mounted on the ships centreline, with two <a href="/wiki/QF_2_pounder_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 2 pounder naval gun">2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom"</a> anti-aircraft guns and four <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21 inch (533 mm)</a> torpedo tubes.<sup id="cite_ref-Conways06_p77_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conways06_p77-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 1915 it was decided to convert <i>Abdiel</i> to allow her to operate as a fast minelayer.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conversion involved removing the ship's torpedo tubes and the aft two 4-inch guns to allow the fitting of rails to carry <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a>. <i>Abdiel</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s initial mine payload was 66 mines.<sup id="cite_ref-Friedman_p153_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman_p153-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Canvas" title="Canvas">Canvas</a> screens were fitted to hide the ship's mine rails from neutral observers. Silhouettes of guns and torpedo tubes were later painted on the canvas screens to further disguise the ship's role and equipment, particularly from long distances and in poor visibility.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p18,fig1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p18,fig1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When fully laden with mines, the ship's speed was reduced to 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph), with a range of 800 nautical miles (1,500 km; 920 mi) at 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph), sufficient for the ship's intended operational area of the <a href="/wiki/Heligoland_Bight" title="Heligoland Bight">Heligoland Bight</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p16-7_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p16-7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1917, <i>Abdiel</i> was fitted with a modified superstructure, while in 1918, her mine rails were modified to allow 80 mines to be carried, and a third 4-inch gun fitted.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p24-5_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p24-5-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service">Service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Abdiel_(1915)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Abdiel_(1915)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On commissioning on 26 March 1916,<sup id="cite_ref-Fried_p307_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fried_p307-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Abdiel</i> joined the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Fleet" title="Grand Fleet">Grand Fleet</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Scapa_Flow" title="Scapa Flow">Scapa Flow</a> in <a href="/wiki/Orkney" title="Orkney">Orkney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p19_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p19-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Abdiel</i>, under the command of <a href="/wiki/Commander_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander (Royal Navy)">Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Berwick_Curtis" title="Berwick Curtis">Berwick Curtis</a> was employed carrying out night-time minelaying missions in the Heliogoland Bight and off <a href="/wiki/Horns_Rev" title="Horns Rev">Horns Reef</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p19_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p19-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Abdiel</i> accompanied the Grand Fleet at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland" title="Battle of Jutland">Battle of Jutland</a> on 31 May/1 June 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p20-1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p20-1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the main fleet engagement, <i>Abdiel</i> was on the disengaged side of <a href="/wiki/John_Jellicoe,_1st_Earl_Jellicoe" title="John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe">Jellicoe's</a> battleships,<sup id="cite_ref-Cl_p150_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cl_p150-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After nightfall, Jellicoe ordered <i>Abdiel</i> to lay a minefield in the expected path of the retreating German fleet, to the northwest of <a href="/wiki/Sylt" title="Sylt">Sylt</a>. <i>Abdiel</i> successfully laid her mines between 01:24 and 02:04. Later that morning, the German battleship <a href="/wiki/SMS_Ostfriesland" title="SMS Ostfriesland"><i>Ostfriesland</i></a> struck a mine laid by <i>Abdiel</i> on 4 May, blowing a hole 12.2 m × 4.9 m (40 ft × 16 ft), and causing damage that kept <i>Ostfriesland</i> in dock until 26 July.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p20-1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p20-1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cl_p274,314-5,336_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cl_p274,314-5,336-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Abdiel</i> continued her minelaying operations through 1917 and into 1918, with her earlier solo missions being superseded by more complex operations involving more ships which resulted in larger minefields being laid.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p27,31,33-5,36-7_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p27,31,33-5,36-7-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 1918, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=20th_Destroyer_Flotilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="20th Destroyer Flotilla (page does not exist)">20th Destroyer Flotilla</a>, a specialist minelaying flotilla based at <a href="/wiki/Immingham" title="Immingham">Immingham</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Humber" title="Humber">Humber</a>, was formed, with Curtis in command and <i>Abdiel</i> as his flagship, tasked with mining the swept channels that German minesweepers made in existing minefields.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p38-9_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p38-9-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fried_p155_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fried_p155-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 March 1918, while laying minefield A34 70 nmi (81 mi; 130 km) north-west of <a href="/wiki/Heligoland" title="Heligoland">Heligoland</a>, <i>Abdiel</i>, together with <a href="/wiki/HMS_Legion_(1914)" title="HMS Legion (1914)"><i>Legion</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Telemachus_(1917)" title="HMS Telemachus (1917)"><i>Telemachus</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanquisher" title="HMS Vanquisher"><i>Vanquisher</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ariel_(1911)" title="HMS Ariel (1911)"><i>Ariel</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ferret_(1911)" title="HMS Ferret (1911)"><i>Ferret</i></a> encountered three armed German trawlers, <i>Polarstern</i>, <i>Mars</i> and <i>Scharbentz</i>. All three trawlers were sunk and 72 prisoners were captured.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDewar1922954_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDewar1922954-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-into_p44-9_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p44-9-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During July 1918, <i>Abdiel</i> underwent a much needed refit.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p68-2_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p68-2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 August 1918, <i>Abdiel</i> was leading the 20th Flotilla on its way to lay minefield A67 when the flotilla ran into a German minefield, with the destroyers <a href="/wiki/HMS_Vehement_(1917)" title="HMS Vehement (1917)"><i>Vehement</i></a> and <i>Ariel</i> striking mines. <i>Ariel</i> sank quickly with the loss of 49 of her crew, but <i>Abdiel</i> took the remains of <i>Vehement</i> in tow. (<i>Vehement</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s bow had been blown off by the explosion, which killed 48 of her crew). The attempt proved unsuccessful, however, with the tow having to be abandoned and <i>Vehement</i> was scuttled.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p74-85_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p74-85-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Flotilla continued its minelaying operations until the end of the war,<sup id="cite_ref-into_p89_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p89-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <i>Abdiel</i> laying 6293 mines during the war.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p95_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p95-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_war-operations">Post war-operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Abdiel_(1915)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post war-operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Abdiel</i> continued as leader of the 20th Flotilla following the end of the war,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and when the 20th Flotilla was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic</a> to provide minelaying support to <a href="/wiki/British_campaign_in_the_Baltic_(1918%E2%80%9319)" class="mw-redirect" title="British campaign in the Baltic (1918–19)">the British intervention</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a>, <i>Abdiel</i> with Curtiss still in command, went at its head.<sup id="cite_ref-Baltic_p122_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baltic_p122-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 20th Flotilla arrived in the Baltic at the end of June 1919, but on 12 July <i>Abdiel</i> and five destroyers were sent back to England in order to escort a flotilla of eight <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Motor_Boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal Motor Boat">Coastal Motor Boats</a> (CMBs) from their base at <a href="/wiki/Osea_Island" title="Osea Island">Osea Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bolshoy_Beryozovy_Island" title="Bolshoy Beryozovy Island">Biorko</a>, Finland. While one of the CMBs sank under tow, the other seven boats successfully reached their destination. The 20th Flotilla, supported by the minelayer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Princess_Margaret" title="HMS Princess Margaret"><i>Princess Margaret</i></a>, then reverted to its main role of laying minefields to contain the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-Baltic_p131_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baltic_p131-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 August, <i>Abdiel</i> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Vittoria_(1917)" title="HMS Vittoria (1917)"><i>Vittoria</i></a> had anchored near <a href="/wiki/Seskar" title="Seskar">Seskar Island</a> while on patrol and were spotted by the <a href="/wiki/Bolshevik" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolshevik">Bolshevik</a> <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> <a href="/wiki/Bars-class_submarine_(1915)" title="Bars-class submarine (1915)"><i>Pantera</i></a>, which fired two torpedoes, which sunk <i>Vittoria</i>. <i>Abdiel</i> rescued all but eight of <i>Vittoria</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s crew, while <i>Pantera</i> returned to <a href="/wiki/Kronstadt" title="Kronstadt">Kronstadt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Baltic_p162_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baltic_p162-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minelaying operations were completed by the middle of September, but <i>Abdiel</i> and part of the 20th Flotilla remained in the Baltic.<sup id="cite_ref-Baltic_p163_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baltic_p163-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 October 1919, pro-<a href="/wiki/Baltic_German" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltic German">Baltic German</a> forces under the command of <a href="/wiki/Pavel_Bermondt-Avalov" title="Pavel Bermondt-Avalov">Pavel Bermondt-Avalov</a> attempted to seize the Latvian capital <a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a>. <i>Abdiel</i>, anchored on the <a href="/wiki/Daugava_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daugava (river)">Dvina river</a> in Riga came under heavy fire on 10 October, being forced to move out of range of the shelling by Bermondt's forces.<sup id="cite_ref-Baltic_p171-4_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baltic_p171-4-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bermondt's attack was repelled by the Latvians following a bombardment by British and French warships, and on 26 October, the 20th Flotilla was relieved and set out on its journey back to the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-Baltic_p176-0_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baltic_p176-0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was decided to retain <i>Abdiel</i> for service as a minelayer postwar, and she was refitted at <a href="/wiki/Chatham_Dockyard" title="Chatham Dockyard">Chatham Dockyard</a> in March–April 1920, before taking part in Reserve Fleet exercises at <a href="/wiki/Portland_Harbour" title="Portland Harbour">Portland Harbour</a> in July that year.<sup id="cite_ref-engg1p15_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engg1p15-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By August 1920, <i>Abdiel</i> was in reserve at the <a href="/wiki/Nore" title="Nore">Nore</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-nmm_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nmm-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> again taking part in Reserve Fleet exercises, this time at <a href="/wiki/Torbay" title="Torbay">Torbay</a> in July–August 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-engg1p15_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engg1p15-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1926, underwent a refit, refurbishing her machinery and retubing her boilers. She was also fitted to carry larger mines during this period. On completing this refit, <i>Abdiel</i> reached a speed of 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) during <a href="/wiki/Sea_trials" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea trials">sea trials</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-nmm_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nmm-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-into_p99_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p99-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and commissioned into active service with the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom)">Atlantic Fleet</a> on 30 September that year. In January 1927, <i>Abdiel</i> returned to the reserve, with her crew being assigned to the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tyrian_(R67)" title="HMS Tyrian (R67)"><i>Tyrian</i></a>. She remained in reserve, first at Sheerness, and from August 1927 at Chatham, until 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-engg1p16_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engg1p16-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nmm_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nmm-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 July that year <i>Abdiel</i> was sold for scrap to Rees of <a href="/wiki/Llanelly" title="Llanelly">Llanelly</a> for £6,755.<sup id="cite_ref-engg1p16_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-engg1p16-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ditt_p69_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ditt_p69-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pennant_numbers">Pennant numbers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Abdiel_(1915)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pennant numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Pennant Number</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>G35</td> <td>March 1916</td> <td>January 1917<sup id="cite_ref-Ditt_p69_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ditt_p69-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>F43</td> <td>January 1917</td> <td>January 1918<sup id="cite_ref-Ditt_p69_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ditt_p69-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>F49</td> <td>1 Jan 1918</td> <td>1919 </td></tr> <tr> <td>F60</td> <td>1919</td> <td>- <sup id="cite_ref-into_p64_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p64-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Abdiel_(1915)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Nimrod_(1915)" title="HMS Nimrod (1915)"><i>Nimrod</i></a> as part of the 1914–1915 programme.<sup id="cite_ref-Fried_p136-7_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fried_p136-7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I</i> gives a crew of 110,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <i>Jane's Fighting Ships 1931</i> gives a crew of 128.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Both <i>Kempenfelt</i> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Gabriel_(1915)" title="HMS Gabriel (1915)"><i>Gabriel</i></a> were considered for the prototype minelayer conversion, but <i>Abdiel</i> was chosen owing to the progress of her construction.<sup id="cite_ref-into_p16-9_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-into_p16-9-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Abdiel_(1915)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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