HMS Pelican (1916)

	Sister ship HMS Paladin
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Pelican
Namesake	Pelican
Ordered	May 1915
Builder	William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir
Yard number	537
Laid down	25 June 1915
Launched	18 March 1916
Completed	1 April 1916
Out of service	9 May 1921
Fate	Sold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement	994 long tons (1,010 t) normal; 1,250 long tons (1,270 t) full load;
Length	273 ft 6 in (83.4 m)
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught	8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
Propulsion	3 Yarrow boilers; 2 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 25,000 shp (19,000 kW);
Speed	34 knots (63.0 km/h; 39.1 mph)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	76
Armament	3 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark IV guns (3×1); 1 × 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun (1×1); 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2);

HMS Pelican 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 preceding L class, capable of higher speed. Launched on 18 March 1916, the vessel served with the Grand Fleet, taking part in significant actions on 19 August 1916 and 4 May 1917, as well as the fight between the British and German battlecruisers in the Battle of Jutland. The destroyer also undertook the other more general roles were typical of the type, including anti-submarine sweeps and escort duties for convoys. The destroyer had success driving away German submarines but did not sink any. After the end of the war, Pelican initially joined a Local Defence Flotilla but within a year had been placed in reserve and was subsequently sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921.

History
Sister ship HMS Paladin
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Pelican
Namesake	Pelican
Ordered	May 1915
Builder	William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir
Yard number	537
Laid down	25 June 1915
Launched	18 March 1916
Completed	1 April 1916
Out of service	9 May 1921
Fate	Sold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement	994 long tons (1,010 t) normal 1,250 long tons (1,270 t) full load
Length	273 ft 6 in (83.4 m)
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught	8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
Propulsion	3 Yarrow boilers 2 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 25,000 shp (19,000 kW)
Speed	34 knots (63.0 km/h; 39.1 mph)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	76
Armament	3 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark IV guns (3×1) 1 × 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun (1×1) 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2)