HMS Maenad (1915)

	Sister ship HMS Marmion
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Maenad
Namesake	Maenad
Ordered	September 1914
Builder	William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number	1030
Laid down	10 November 1914
Launched	10 August 1915
Completed	12 November 1915
Out of service	22 September 1921
Fate	Sold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement	994 long tons (1,010 t) (standard); 1,025 long tons (1,041 t) (full load);
Length	265 ft (80.8 m) (p.p.)
Beam	26 ft 7 in (8.1 m)
Draught	8 ft 7 in (2.6 m)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers, 25,000 shp (19,000 kW)
Propulsion	Parsons steam turbines, 3 shafts
Speed	34 knots (39.1 mph; 63.0 km/h)
Range	2,280 nmi (4,220 km) at 17 kn (31 km/h)
Complement	80
Armament	3 × single QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark IV guns; 1 × single 2-pdr 40 mm (2 in) AA gun; 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Maenad was an 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. The vessel, launched in 1915, served in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, attacking both battleships and destroyers of the German High Seas Fleet. However, the vessel was notorious for undertaking a sharp manoeuvre which obstructed other destroyers in the fleet from attacking. Maenad also undertook anti-submarine patrols. In 1917, the ship mistakenly attacked the British submarine G12 thinking it was a German boat. The submarine escaped with damages. After the armistice that ended of the war, Maenad was placed in reserve until being sold to be broken up in Germany in 1921.

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