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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">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Nepean</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/Evan_Nepean" title="Evan Nepean">Sir Evan Nepean</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>September 1914</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/John_I._Thornycroft_%26_Company" title="John I. Thornycroft & Company">Thornycroft</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woolston,_Southampton" title="Woolston, Southampton">Woolston, Southampton</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>February 1915</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>22 January 1916</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>March 1916</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Out of service</td><td>15 November 1921</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold to be <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">broken up</a></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/Admiralty_M-class_destroyer" title="Admiralty M-class destroyer">Admiralty M-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>971 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (987 t) (<a href="/wiki/Normal_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Normal displacement">normal</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">273 ft 4 in (83.3 m) (<a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">o/a</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">265 feet (80.8 m) (<a href="/wiki/Length_between_perpendiculars" title="Length between perpendiculars">p.p.</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>26 ft 8 in (8.1 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>8 ft 11 in (2.7 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td>3 <a href="/wiki/Yarrow_boiler" title="Yarrow boiler">Yarrow boilers</a>, 25,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shp</a> (19,000 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><a href="/wiki/John_Brown_%26_Company" title="John Brown & Company">Brown</a>-Curtiss <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a>, 3 <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">shafts</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>34 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (63 km/h; 39 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>2,530 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (4,690 km; 2,910 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>80</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;">3 × single <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) guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × single <a href="/wiki/QF_1-pounder_pom-pom" title="QF 1-pounder pom-pom">1-pdr 37 mm (1.5 in)</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">AA</a> guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × twin <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21 in (533 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>Nepean</i></b> was an <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_M-class_destroyer" title="Admiralty M-class destroyer">Admiralty M-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> which served in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_during_the_First_World_War" title="Royal Navy during the First World War">Royal Navy during the First World War</a>. The M class was an improvement on those of the preceding <a href="/wiki/L-class_destroyer_(1913)" class="mw-redirect" title="L-class destroyer (1913)">L class</a>, capable of higher speed. The second Royal Navy vessel to be named after <a href="/wiki/Evan_Nepean" title="Evan Nepean">Sir Evan Nepean</a>, and the first not in Australian service, the destroyer was launched in 1916 and joined the <a href="/wiki/13th_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="13th Destroyer Flotilla">Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Fleet" title="Grand Fleet">Grand Fleet</a>. In 1917, <i>Nepean</i> formed part of the escort for the <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruisers</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Dublin_(1912)" title="HMS Dublin (1912)"><i>Dublin</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(1912)" title="HMAS Sydney (1912)"><i>Sydney</i></a> when they were attacked by the <a href="/wiki/Zeppelin" title="Zeppelin">Zeppelin</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeppelin_LZ_92&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zeppelin LZ 92 (page does not exist)">L 43</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1st_Battlecruiser_Squadron" title="1st Battlecruiser Squadron">First Battlecruiser Squadron</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Heligoland_Bight" title="Second Battle of Heligoland Bight">Second Battle of Heligoland Bight</a>. Neither led to the warship being involved in any action with the enemy. The destroyer finished the war with the <a href="/wiki/4th_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="4th Destroyer Flotilla">Fourth Destroyer Flotilla</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918" title="Armistice of 11 November 1918">Armistice</a>, <i>Nepean</i> was placed in <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)">reserve</a> before being sold to be <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">broken up</a> in 1921. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_development">Design and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Nepean_(1916)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Nepean</i> was one of the sixteen <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_M-class_destroyer" title="Admiralty M-class destroyer">Admiralty M-class destroyers</a> ordered by the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">British Admiralty</a> in September 1914 as part of the First War Programme.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcBride199145_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcBride199145-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The M class was an improved version of the earlier <a href="/wiki/L-class_destroyer_(1913)" class="mw-redirect" title="L-class destroyer (1913)">L-class</a>, required to reach a higher speed in order to counter rumoured new German fast destroyers. The remit was to have a maximum speed of 36 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (67 <a href="/wiki/Kilometres_per_hour" title="Kilometres per hour">km/h</a>; 41 <a href="/wiki/Miles_per_hour" title="Miles per hour">mph</a>) and, although ultimately the destroyers fell short of that ambition in service, the extra performance that was achieved was valued by the navy. It transpired that the German warships did not exist.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009132_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009132-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The destroyer had a length of 265 ft (80.8 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_between_perpendiculars" title="Length between perpendiculars">between perpendiculars</a> and 273 ft 4 in (83.3 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 26 ft 8 in (8.1 m) and <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draught</a> of 8 ft 11 in (2.7 m). <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">Displacement</a> was 971 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (987 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) <a href="/wiki/Normal_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Normal displacement">normal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009296_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009296-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Power was provided by three <a href="/wiki/Yarrow_boiler" title="Yarrow boiler">Yarrow boilers</a> feeding <a href="/wiki/John_Brown_%26_Company" title="John Brown & Company">Brown</a>-Curtiss rated at 23,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shaft horsepower</a> (17,000 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>), driving three <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">shafts</a> and exhausting through three <a href="/wiki/Funnel_(ship)" title="Funnel (ship)">funnels</a>. Design speed was 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEParkesPrendergast1969109_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEParkesPrendergast1969109-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Nepean</i> managed 33.88 knots (62.75 km/h; 38.99 mph) on 22,500 shp (16,800 kW) during trials.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcBride199144_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcBride199144-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 228 long tons (232 t) of <a href="/wiki/Fuel_oil" title="Fuel oil">oil</a> was carried. Design range was 2,530 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (4,690 km; 2,910 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph), but actual endurance in service was less; <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ship</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Murray_(1914)" title="HMS Murray (1914)"><i>Murray</i></a> had a range of 2,240 nautical miles (4,150 km; 2,580 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009296_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009296-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Nepean</i> had a main armament consisting of three single <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</a> guns on the <a href="/wiki/Centerline_(nautical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Centerline (nautical)">centreline</a>, with one on the <a href="/wiki/Forecastle" title="Forecastle">forecastle</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Aft" class="mw-redirect" title="Aft">aft</a> on a raised platform and one between the middle and aft funnels. <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">Torpedo</a> armament consisted of two twin <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a> for <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21 in (533 mm) torpedoes</a> located aft of the funnels.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPreston198576,_80_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPreston198576,_80-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarch1966174_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarch1966174-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two single <a href="/wiki/QF_1-pounder_pom-pom" title="QF 1-pounder pom-pom">1-pounder 37 mm (1.5 in) "pom-pom"</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-aircraft</a> guns were carried.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPreston198576_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPreston198576-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The anti-aircraft guns were later replaced by <a href="/wiki/QF_2_pounder_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 2 pounder naval gun">2-pdr 40 mm (1.6 in) "pom-pom"</a> guns.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009296_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009296-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship had a <a href="/wiki/Ship%27s_company" title="Ship's company">complement</a> of 80 officers and <a href="/wiki/Naval_rating" title="Naval rating">ratings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPreston198576_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPreston198576-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_career">Construction and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Nepean_(1916)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Nepean</i> was <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> by <a href="/wiki/John_I._Thornycroft_%26_Company" title="John I. Thornycroft & Company">John I. Thornycroft & Company</a> at their yard in <a href="/wiki/Woolston,_Southampton" title="Woolston, Southampton">Woolston, Southampton</a> in February 1915, was <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_ship_launching" title="Ceremonial ship launching">launched</a> on 22 January the following year and was completed three months later in March.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009308_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFriedman2009308-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The destroyer was the second vessel in the Royal Navy to be named after <a href="/wiki/Evan_Nepean" title="Evan Nepean">Sir Evan Nepean</a>, and the first not to be in Australian service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEManningWalker1959312_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEManningWalker1959312-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColledgeWarlow2006241_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColledgeWarlow2006241-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The warship was deployed as part of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Fleet" title="Grand Fleet">Grand Fleet</a>, joining the <a href="/wiki/13th_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="13th Destroyer Flotilla">Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flotilla was based at the <a href="/wiki/Rosyth_Dockyard" title="Rosyth Dockyard">naval base</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rosyth" title="Rosyth">Rosyth</a>. On 30 May, <i>Nepean</i> was the only member of the flotilla not to sail with the Grand Fleet to confront the German <a href="/wiki/High_Seas_Fleet" title="High Seas Fleet">High Seas Fleet</a> in what would be the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland" title="Battle of Jutland">Battle of Jutland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECorbett1920430_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECorbett1920430-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 April 1917, the destroyer was the target of a torpedo launched by the German <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">submarine</a> <a href="/wiki/SM_UC-77" title="SM UC-77"><i>UC-77</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._34193374_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._34193374-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It missed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._35193975_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._35193975-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 May, the destroyer formed part of the escort for the <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruisers</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Dublin_(1912)" title="HMS Dublin (1912)"><i>Dublin</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(1912)" title="HMAS Sydney (1912)"><i>Sydney</i></a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Sister_ship" title="Sister ship">sister ships</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Obdurate_(1916)" title="HMS Obdurate (1916)"><i>Obdurate</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Pelican_(1916)" title="HMS Pelican (1916)"><i>Pelican</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Pylades_(1916)" title="HMS Pylades (1916)"><i>Pylades</i></a>, on a routine patrol of the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>. During the following day, they were attacked by the <a href="/wiki/Zeppelin" title="Zeppelin">Zeppelin</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeppelin_LZ_92&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zeppelin LZ 92 (page does not exist)">L 43</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._3519392_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._3519392-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The airship bombed the British ships, causing minor damage to <i>Obdurate</i> but otherwise causing no harm.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._3519393_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._3519393-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the attack, the destroyer had identified a torpedo attack from German submarines.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._3519392_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._3519392-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Increasing activity from submarines against merchant shipping had led to the creation of a <a href="/wiki/Convoys_in_World_War_I" title="Convoys in World War I">convoy</a> system relying on destroyer escorts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENewbolt1931133_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENewbolt1931133-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flotilla was called upon to accompany over 26 vessels a day.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._341933383_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaval_Staff_Monograph_No._341933383-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 October, the destroyer joined with 53 other destroyers and 27 lights cruisers in an unsuccessful search for an escorted German <a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">minelayer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENewbolt1931151_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENewbolt1931151-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, German cruisers attacked a convoy crossing to Scandinavia. The loss of nine merchant ships and three escorts led to the Admiralty increasing the escort to nine M-class destroyers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENewbolt1931158,_159_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENewbolt1931158,_159-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the following month, from 16 November, the destroyer formed part of the escort for the <a href="/wiki/1st_Battlecruiser_Squadron" title="1st Battlecruiser Squadron">First Battlecruiser Squadron</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/HMS_Lion_(1910)" title="HMS Lion (1910)"><i>Lion</i></a>, which left Rosyth to attack German <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">minesweepers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENewbolt1931168_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENewbolt1931168-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Nepean</i> did not take part in the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Heligoland_Bight" title="Second Battle of Heligoland Bight">Second Battle of Heligoland Bight</a>, which involved large numbers of ships from both sides.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENewbolt1931176_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENewbolt1931176-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the war, <i>Nepean</i> was part of the <a href="/wiki/4th_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="4th Destroyer Flotilla">Fourth Destroyer Flotilla</a> based at <a href="/wiki/HMNB_Devonport" title="HMNB Devonport">Devonport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918" title="Armistice of 11 November 1918">Armistice</a> that ended the war, the Royal Navy returned to a peacetime level of strength and both the number of ships and personnel needed to be reduced to save money.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMoretz200279_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMoretz200279-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The destroyer was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)">reserve</a> at <a href="/wiki/Nore" title="Nore">Nore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the harsh conditions of wartime operations, particularly the combination of high speed and the poor weather that is typical of the North Sea, exacerbated by the fact that the hull was not <a href="/wiki/Galvanization" title="Galvanization">galvanised</a>, meant that the ship was soon worn out.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPreston198580_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPreston198580-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Nepean</i> was declared superfluous to operational requirements, retired, and, on 15 November 1921, was sold to <a href="/wiki/John_Cashmore_Ltd" title="John Cashmore Ltd">Cashmore</a> of <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport, Wales</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">broken up</a> in 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEColledgeWarlow2006241_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEColledgeWarlow2006241-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<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_Nepean_(1916)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pennant numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">Pennant number</a> </th> <th>Date </th></tr> <tr> <td>G18</td> <td>September 1915<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202162_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202162-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>F03</td> <td>January 1917<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202145_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202145-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>HA5</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202178_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202178-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>H44</td> <td>June 1918<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202173_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202173-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>G83</td> <td>January 1919<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202167_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202167-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>H9A</td> <td>January 1922<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202178_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBushWarlow202178-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Nepean_(1916)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span 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href="/wiki/Admiralty_M-class_destroyer" title="Admiralty M-class destroyer">Admiralty M class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Murray_(1914)" title="HMS Murray (1914)"><i>Murray</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Myngs_(1914)" title="HMS Myngs (1914)"><i>Myngs</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Matchless_(1914)" title="HMS Matchless (1914)"><i>Matchless</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Milne_(1914)" title="HMS Milne (1914)"><i>Milne</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Morris" title="HMS Morris"><i>Morris</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Moorsom_(1914)" title="HMS Moorsom (1914)"><i>Moorsom</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Negro_(1916)" title="HMS Negro (1916)"><i>Negro</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Mandate_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Mandate (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Mandate</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mons_(1915)" title="HMS Mons (1915)"><i>Mons</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Michael_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Michael (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Michael</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Marmion_(1915)" title="HMS Marmion (1915)"><i>Marmion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Marne_(1915)" title="HMS Marne (1915)"><i>Marne</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mystic_(1915)" title="HMS Mystic (1915)"><i>Mystic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Martial_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Martial (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Martial</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Milbrook_(1915)" title="HMS Milbrook (1915)"><i>Milbrook</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Prince_(1916)" title="HMS Prince (1916)"><i>Prince</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pylades_(1916)" title="HMS Pylades (1916)"><i>Pylades</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Maenad_(1915)" title="HMS Maenad (1915)"><i>Maenad</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mameluke_(1915)" title="HMS Mameluke (1915)"><i>Mameluke</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mindful_(1915)" title="HMS Mindful (1915)"><i>Mindful</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Nessus_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Nessus (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Nessus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Magic_(1915)" title="HMS Magic (1915)"><i>Magic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Minion_(1915)" title="HMS Minion (1915)"><i>Minion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Opal_(1915)" title="HMS Opal (1915)"><i>Opal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Manners_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Manners (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Manners</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Marvel_(1915)" title="HMS Marvel (1915)"><i>Marvel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mary_Rose_(1915)" title="HMS Mary Rose (1915)"><i>Mary Rose</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ossory_(1915)" title="HMS Ossory (1915)"><i>Ossory</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Mischief_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Mischief (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Mischief</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Menace_(1915)" title="HMS Menace (1915)"><i>Menace</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Moresby" title="HMS Moresby"><i>Moresby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Opportune_(1915)" title="HMS Opportune (1915)"><i>Opportune</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Munster" title="HMS Munster"><i>Munster</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Noble_(1915)" title="HMS Noble (1915)"><i>Noble</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Napier_(1915)" title="HMS Napier (1915)"><i>Napier</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Onslaught_(1915)" title="HMS Onslaught (1915)"><i>Onslaught</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nonsuch_(1915)" title="HMS Nonsuch (1915)"><i>Nonsuch</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nestor_(1915)" title="HMS Nestor (1915)"><i>Nestor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Oracle_(1915)" title="HMS Oracle (1915)"><i>Oracle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Narwhal_(1915)" title="HMS Narwhal (1915)"><i>Narwhal</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Nepean</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nicator_(1916)" title="HMS Nicator (1916)"><i>Nicator</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nomad" title="HMS Nomad"><i>Nomad</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Onslow_(1916)" title="HMS Onslow (1916)"><i>Onslow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nereus_(1916)" title="HMS Nereus (1916)"><i>Nereus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Narborough_(1916)" title="HMS Narborough (1916)"><i>Narborough</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pigeon_(1916)" title="HMS Pigeon (1916)"><i>Pigeon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Plover_(1916)" title="HMS Plover (1916)"><i>Plover</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Partridge_(1916)" title="HMS Partridge (1916)"><i>Partridge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Medina_(1916)" title="HMS Medina (1916)"><i>Medina</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pelican_(1916)" title="HMS Pelican (1916)"><i>Pelican</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Norman_(1916)" title="HMS Norman (1916)"><i>Norman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Orestes_(1916)" title="HMS Orestes (1916)"><i>Orestes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Petard_(1916)" title="HMS Petard (1916)"><i>Petard</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Paladin_(1916)" title="HMS Paladin (1916)"><i>Paladin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nizam_(1916)" title="HMS Nizam (1916)"><i>Nizam</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Penn_(1916)" title="HMS Penn (1916)"><i>Penn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pasley_(1916)" title="HMS Pasley (1916)"><i>Pasley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Medway_(1916)" title="HMS Medway (1916)"><i>Medway</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Orford_(1916)" title="HMS Orford (1916)"><i>Orford</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Plucky_(1916)" title="HMS Plucky (1916)"><i>Plucky</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Observer_(1916)" title="HMS Observer (1916)"><i>Observer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Peyton_(1916)" title="HMS Peyton (1916)"><i>Peyton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pellew_(1916)" title="HMS Pellew (1916)"><i>Pellew</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nonpareil_(1916)" title="HMS Nonpareil (1916)"><i>Nonpareil</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Peregrine_(1916)" title="HMS Peregrine (1916)"><i>Peregrine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Offa_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Offa (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Offa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Orpheus_(1916)" title="HMS Orpheus (1916)"><i>Orpheus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Octavia_(1916)" title="HMS Octavia (1916)"><i>Octavia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Parthian_(1916)" title="HMS Parthian (1916)"><i>Parthian</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Northesk_(2)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Northesk (2) (page does not exist)">HMS <i>Northesk</i> (2)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Oriole_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Oriole (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Oriole</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Portia_(1916)" title="HMS Portia (1916)"><i>Portia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Norseman_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Norseman (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Norseman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Osiris_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Osiris (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Osiris</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Oberon_(1916)" title="HMS Oberon (1916)"><i>Oberon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Orcadia_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Orcadia (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Orcadia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Oriana_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Oriana (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Oriana</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ophelia" title="HMS Ophelia"><i>Ophelia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pheasant_(1916)" title="HMS Pheasant (1916)"><i>Pheasant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Obedient_(1916)" title="HMS Obedient (1916)"><i>Obedient</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_North_Star_(1916)" title="HMS North Star (1916)"><i>North Star</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Phoebe_(1916)" title="HMS Phoebe (1916)"><i>Phoebe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Obdurate_(1916)" title="HMS Obdurate (1916)"><i>Obdurate</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Nugent" title="HMS Nugent"><i>Nugent</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_M-class_destroyer" title="Hawthorn M-class destroyer">Hawthorn M class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mentor_(1914)" title="HMS Mentor (1914)"><i>Mentor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mansfield_(1914)" title="HMS Mansfield (1914)"><i>Mansfield</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_M-class_destroyer" title="Thornycroft M-class destroyer">Thornycroft M class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Meteor_(1914)" title="HMS Meteor (1914)"><i>Meteor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mastiff_(1914)" title="HMS Mastiff (1914)"><i>Mastiff</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Patriot_(1916)" title="HMS Patriot (1916)"><i>Patriot</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Patrician_(1916)" title="HMS Patrician (1916)"><i>Patrician</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rapid_(1916)" title="HMS Rapid (1916)"><i>Rapid</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ready_(1916)" title="HMS Ready (1916)"><i>Ready</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_M-class_destroyer" title="Yarrow M-class destroyer">Yarrow M class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Miranda_(1914)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Miranda (1914) (page does not exist)"><i>Miranda</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Minos_(1914)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Minos (1914) (page does not exist)"><i>Minos</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Manly_(1914)" title="HMS Manly (1914)"><i>Manly</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Moon_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Moon (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Moon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Morning_Star_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Morning Star (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Morning Star</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Mounsey_(1915)" title="HMS Mounsey (1915)"><i>Mounsey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Musketeer_(1915)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Musketeer (1915) (page does not exist)"><i>Musketeer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Nerissa_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Nerissa (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Nerissa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Relentless_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Relentless (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Relentless</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Rival_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Rival (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Rival</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Yarrow_Later_M-class_destroyer" title="Yarrow Later M-class destroyer">Yarrow Later M class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Sabrina_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Sabrina (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Sabrina</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Strongbow_(1916)" title="HMS Strongbow (1916)"><i>Strongbow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Surprise_(1916)" title="HMS Surprise (1916)"><i>Surprise</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Sybille_(1917)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Sybille (1917) (page does not exist)"><i>Sybille</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Truculent_(1916)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Truculent (1916) (page does not exist)"><i>Truculent</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Tyrant_(1917)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Tyrant (1917) (page does not exist)"><i>Tyrant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ulleswater_(1917)" title="HMS Ulleswater (1917)"><i>Ulleswater</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-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/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">Royal Canadian Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Thornycroft_M-class_destroyer" title="Thornycroft M-class destroyer">Thornycroft M class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Patriot_(1916)" title="HMS Patriot (1916)"><i>Patriot</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Patrician_(1916)" title="HMS Patrician (1916)"><i>Patrician</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/Laforey-class_destroyer_(1913)" title="Laforey-class destroyer (1913)"><i>Laforey</i> class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/R-class_destroyer_(1916)" title="R-class destroyer (1916)">R class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy">List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div 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