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On 25 April 1915, she, along with Jed , supported the landings at A N ZAC Cove as part of the 3rd Division’s feint attack on Bulair.
HMS Kennet
Name
Kennet
Ordered Builder
1902 – 1903 Naval Estimates John I Tornycroft Chiswick
Laid down 5 February 1902 Launched 4 December 1903 Commissioned 1 January 1905 Out of service 1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal Honours Dardanelles 1915 - 1916 Fate Class & type Thornycroft Type River Class destroyer [1][2] Displacement 550 long tons (559 t) standard 615 long tons (625 t) full load 225 ft 9 in (68.81 m) o/a 23 ft 10.5 in (7.277 m) Beam 8 ft (2.4 m) Draught Propulsion 4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler
5 July 1915, found her on the Smyrna Patrol enforcing the blockade of the Turkish Coast from Cape Kaba to Latitude 38 o 30’E, 200 nautical miles including Smyrna. At this time she was based at Port Iero on the Island of Mytilene. On 20 November 1915, she shelled Turkish positions on the left of the British lines at Suvla.She remained in the Mediterranean until the end of the war. Disposition In 1919, she returned to Home waters, was paid off and laid up in reserve awaiting disposal. On 11 December 1919, she was sold to J.H. Lee for breaking at Dover. [10] She was awarded the Battle Honour Dardanelles 1915 - 1916 for her service. [11]
11 December 1919 sold to J.H. Lee for breaking at Dover
2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 7,000 shp (5,200 kW) (average)
Speed Range
25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
127 tons coal 1,695 nmi (3,139 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement 70 officers and men Armament
1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I 3 × QF 12-pounder 8 cwt, mounting G Mark I (Added in 1906) 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt (removed in 1906) 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
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East Coast Destroyer Flotilla – 1904 China Station – 1909/10 5th Destroyer Flotilla – Dec 1914
Operations World War I 1914–1918
NormaOlive Brown . nom de guerre
Maggie Marriott
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