For other ships of the same name, see HMS Nubian.
| HMS Nubian (1909) | |
|---|---|
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Nubian |
| Builder: | J I Thornycroft |
| Launched: | 21 April 1909 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed 27 October 1916, Undamaged Stern joined with Bow of HMS Zulu and renamed HMS Zubian |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Tribal-class destroyer |
| Length: | 255 ft (78 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Speed: | 33 kn (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
HMS Nubian was a Royal Navy Tribal class destroyer. Her bows were destroyed by a torpedo from a German destroyer on the night of 26–27 October 1916 off Folkestone during the Battle of Dover Strait. She was taken in tow and run ashore near Dover. Another Tribal class destroyer, Zulu had her stern blown off by a mine near Dunkirk on 8 November 1916 and towed to Calais. Both wrecks were towed to Chatham Dockyard and the undamaged portions joined where Zubian was constructed out of the bows of Zulu and the midsection and stern of Nubian.
Zubian served until the end of the war, sinking the mine-laying U-boat UC-50 on 4 February 1918 off the coast of Essex, and was broken up at Sunderland in 1919.
References[]
- "Navies of World War 1 - British Destroyers - Part 1 of 2". Naval-History.net. http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishDestroyers.htm. Retrieved 2006-01-07.
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