HMS Marksman (1915)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Marksman |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Laid down: | 20 July 1914 |
| Launched: | 12 May 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 18 November 1915 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap November 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Marksman-class flotilla leader |
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| Length: | 324 ft 10 in (99.01 m) (overall) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft (3.66 m) |
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| Speed: | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range: | 4,290 nmi (7,950 km; 4,940 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 104 |
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HMS Marksman was a Marksman-class flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy. Construction at Hawthorn Leslie's Newcastle upon Tyne shipyard began in 1914, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, and the ship was launched and completed in 1915. She took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and survived the war. She was sold for scrap in 1921.
The British Admiralty ordered the first two ships of the new Marksman-class flotilla leaders under the 1913–14 Construction Programme. Flotilla Leaders were large destroyer-type vessels intended to lead flotillas of smaller destroyers in action. The two ships, Lightfoot and Marksman, were intended to lead the 1st and 3rd Destroyer Flotillas, and so had names to match the L and M-class destroyers that would equip these flotillas.
The Marksman-class ships were 324 feet 10 inches (99.01 m) long overall, 324 feet (99 m) at the waterline and 315 feet 0 inches (96.01 m) between perpendiculars. They had a beam of 31 feet 9 inches (9.68 m) and a draught of 12 feet 0 inches (3.66 m). The design displacement was 1,440 long tons (1,460 t) normal and 1,700 long tons (1,700 t) full load, with a displacement of 1,604 long tons (1,630 t) stated for Marksman in 1919. Three sets of Brown-Curtis steam turbines were fed by four Yarrow three-drum boilers, rated at 36,000 shaft horsepower (27,000 kW), which gave a speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph). Cruising turbines were fitted to the outer shafts. Four funnels were fitted. Up to 515 tons of oil fuel could be carried, giving a range of 4,290 nautical miles (7,950 km; 4,940 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).
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