HMS Maori (1909)

History
United Kingdom
NameMaori
NamesakeMāori people
BuilderWilliam Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Laid down6 August 1908
Launched24 May 1909
CompletedNovember 1909
FateSunk by mine, 7 May 1915
General characteristics
Class and typeTribal-class destroyer
Displacement1,026 long tons (1,042 t)
Length285 ft (86.9 m) (o/a)
Beam27 ft 1 in (8.3 m)
Draught8 ft 11 in (2.7 m)
Installed power
Propulsion3 shafts, 1 steam turbine set
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range1,640 nautical miles (3,040 km; 1,890 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Armament

HMS Maori was one of five ships of the third batch of Tribal-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the twentieth century. Completed in 1909, she spent her career in British waters. During the First World War, she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla. She struck a mine in the North Sea on 7 May 1915 off Zeebrugge, Belgium, and sank.