Destroyers

M class

8 ships

The M class destroyer HMS Milne.

Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1930 (Milne 1935) BRT
Length	345 feet
Complement	221 men
Armament	6-4.7inch (3x2) 1-4inch (AA) 4-2pdr (AA)(1x4) 8-0.5inch (AA) (2x4) 4-21inch (TT) (1x4)
Max speed	36 knots
Engines	48.000 HP
Power	Two Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2-shaft Parsons geared turbines
Notes on class	Modified J-class design. The main armament was housed in weather-proof mountings.

All ships of the M class:

Royal Navy (more on Royal Navy)

HMS Myrmidon (G 90) (Became the Polish destroyer Orkan)
HMS Mahratta (G 23) (lost 25 Feb 1944)
HMS Marne (G 35)
HMS Martin (G 44) (lost 10 Nov 1942)
HMS Matchless (G 52)
HMS Meteor (G 73)
HMS Musketeer (G 86)

Polish Navy (more on Polish Navy)

ORP Orkan (G 90) (ex. HMS Myrmidon) (lost 8 Oct 1943)

Royal Navy (more on Royal Navy)

HMS Milne (G 14)

3 destroyers of the M class lost.

Books dealing with this subject include:

200,000 Miles Aboard the Destroyer Cotten, Robinson, C. Snelling, 1999
Afridi to Nizam – British Fleet Destroyers 1937 – 43, English, John, 2003
Blood on the Sea, Parkin, Robert Sinclair, 1996
A Blue Water Navy, WAB Douglas, R. Sarty, M. Whitby et al., 2007
Cadillac of Destroyers, Barrie, Ron and Macpherson, Ken, 1996
Cape Hatteras, Lloyd, Keith Warren, 2008
Capturing Enigma, Harper, Stephen, 2000 (transl.)
Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946, Chesneau, Roger, 1988
The Court-Martial of Ensign Mason, Nash, Edgar M., 2001
Deadly Seas, Bercuson, David Jay and Herwig, Holger H., 1997 (transl.)
Destroyer, Brookes, Ewart, 1973
Destroyer Captain, Hill, Roger, 1986
Destroyer Leader, Smith, Peter Charles, 1968
Destroyer's War, Divine, Arthur Durham, 1942
The Enemy Below, Rayner, D. A., 1956 (transl.)