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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Marne |
| Namesake | Marne |
| Ordered | September 1914 |
| Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Yard number | 434 |
| Laid down | 30 September 1914 |
| Launched | 29 May 1915 |
| Completed | 27 September 1915 |
| Out of service | 31 November 1921 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Admiralty M-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 273 ft 8 in (83.4 m) (o.a.) |
| Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft 3 in (5.0 m) |
| Installed power | 3 Yarrow boilers, 25,000 shp (19,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 3 shafts |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 2,280 nmi (4,220 km; 2,620 mi) at 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 80 |
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HMS Marne was an Admiralty M-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class was an improvement on the preceding L class, capable of higher speed. The ship, the first Royal Navy vessel to be named after the River Marne, was launched in 1915. For much of the war, the destroyer escorted merchant ships in convoys and Royal Navy warships, but was also involved in the rescue of crew from the battleship HMS King Edward VII in 1916. The destroyer also took part in the Battle of Jutland as part of the shield for the British battleships and engaged with the German light cruiser force with torpedoes, although all missed. In 1918, the destroyer, along with sister ships Milbrook and Pigeon, sank the German submarine UB-124. After the armistice, Marne was placed in reserve before being decommissioned and, in 1921, sold to be broken up.