HMS Pigeon (1916)
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HMS Pigeon (1916)
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HMS Pigeon 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 destroyer, capable of higher speed. Launched on 3 March 1916 by Hawthorn Leslie on the River Tyne, the vessel served as part of the Grand Fleet. Pigeon was mainly involved in escorting convoys. After an unsuccessful sortie in October 1917 against German cruisers, the destroyer moved to anti-submarine warfare. In this arena, Pigeon had
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British M-Class destroyer, WW1
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pigeon_(1916)
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2022-04-15T03:50:30Z
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