HMS Paladin (1916)

Paladin in 1916
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Paladin
Namesake	Paladin
Ordered	February 1915
Builder	Scotts, Greenock
Yard number	471
Laid down	May 1915
Launched	27 March 1916
Completed	1 May 1916
Fate	Sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement	994 long tons (1,010 t) normal 1,025 long tons (1,041 t) full load
Length	265 ft (80.8 m)
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.1 m)
Draught	9 ft 3 in (2.82 m)
Propulsion	3 Yarrow boilers 2 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 25,000 shp (19,000 kW)
Speed	34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	76
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns (3×1) 1 × single 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun (1×1) 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2)

HMS Paladin was a Admiralty M-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class were an improvement on the previous L-class destroyer, capable of higher speed. Launched on 27 March 1916. Paladin took part in the Royal Navy sorties against German minesweepers in 1917, which culminated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight on 17 November, although the destroyer did not engage with any enemy warships during the battle. After the end of the war, the ship was placed in reserve before being decommissioned and sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921.