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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Pigeon |
| Namesake | Pigeon |
| Ordered | September 1914 |
| Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn |
| Laid down | 30 July 1915 |
| Launched | 3 March 1916 |
| Completed | 30 June 1916 |
| Out of service | 9 May 1921 |
| Fate | Sold to be broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Admiralty M-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 265 ft (80.8 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 7 in (8.1 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) |
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| Speed | 34 knots (39.1 mph; 63.0 km/h) |
| Range | 3,450 nmi (6,390 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 76 |
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HMS Pigeon was an 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 3 March 1916 by Hawthorn Leslie on the River Tyne, the vessel served as part of the Grand Fleet. Pigeon was mainly involved in escorting convoys. After an unsuccessful sortie in October 1917 against German cruisers, the destroyer moved to anti-submarine warfare. In this arena, Pigeon had some success in 1918, rescuing the survivors from the sinking troopship Tuscania in February and assisting in the destruction of the German U-boat UB-124 in July. After the Armistice, the destroyer was redeployed to serve as part of the Nore Local Defence flotilla until being decommissioned and sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921.