For other ships of the same name, see HMS North Star.
HMS North Star was a Royal Navy Admiralty M-class destroyer constructed and then operational in the First World War. She was sunk in April 1918.[1]
The destroyer was launched on 9 November 1916 and completed in February 1917.[2]
Sinking[]
The destroyer took part in the Zeebrugge raid in April 1918 and was assigned as an escort ship, along with HMS Phoebe to guard HMS Vindictive.[3] She was subsequently sunk on 23 April 1918 by German shore batteries 1 nmi (1.2 mi; 1.9 km) off Zeebrugge harbour, during the raid.[4] According the official British Admiralty Statement on the Zeebrugge Raid, North Star lost her way in the smoke of the raid and emerged into the light of star-shells, whereupon she was sunk by coastal batteries.[5]
References[]
- ↑ "Destroyers - World War One". Harwich and Dovercourt. http://www.harwichanddovercourt.co.uk/warships/destroyers-2/. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921, Conway Publishing, 1997. p. 79.
- ↑ Warner, P. The Zeebrugge Raid, Pen and Sword, 2008.p.155
- ↑ "HMS North Star". Wrecksite. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?966. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ "British Admiralty Statement on the Zeebrugge Raid, 22-23 April 1918". First World War.com. http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/zeebrugge_admiralty1.htm. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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