HMS Maori (1909)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Maori.
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Maori
Builder: William Denny & Brothers
Launched: 24 May 1909
Fate: Mined 7 May 1915
General characteristics
Class and 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 Maori was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1909 and sunk in 1915. During the First World War, she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla. She struck a mine in the North Sea on 7 May 1915 off Zeebrugge, Belgium, and sank.

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