HMS Plover (1916)

Sister ship HMS Pasley
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Plover
Namesake	Plover
Ordered	September 1914
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn
Laid down	14 July 1915
Launched	3 March 1916
Completed	2 June 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 1,028 long tons (1,044 t) full load
Length	265 ft (80.8 m)
Beam	26 ft 7 in (8.1 m)
Draught	8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
Propulsion	3 Yarrow boilers 2 Parsons steam turbines, 25,000 shp (19,000 kW)
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
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 Plover 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, 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. Plover was based at Scapa Flow and took part in sorties in response to German submarine activity. After an uneventful war, the destroyer was placed in reserve and decommissioned, being sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921.