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HMS ''Abdiel'' was a of the Royal Navy, built by Cammell Laird during the First World War. She was converted to a minelayer during construction, commissioning during 1916, and served at the Battle of Jutland. Following the end of the war, ''Abdiel'' served in the Baltic during the Russian Civil War. She was sold for scrap in 1936. ==Construction and design== In November 1914, as part of the Emergency War Programme of shipbuilding, the British Admiralty ordered three s (i.e. large destroyers intended to lead flotillas of smaller destroyers in action) from the Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird.〔Freidman 2009, pp. 136–137.〕〔Friedman 2009, p. 307.〕 The third of these three ships, HMS ''Abdiel'' (originally to be named ''Ithuriel''〔Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 77.〕) was laid down on 6 May 1915 and was launched on 12 October 1915.〔 The ''Marksman''-class ships were long overall, at the waterline and between perpendiculars.〔Friedman 2009, pp. 296–297.〕 They had a beam of and a draught of .〔 The design displacement was normal and full load.〔 ''Abdiel'' was propelled by three sets of Parsons steam turbines, fed by four Yarrow three-drum boilers, rated at , which gave a speed of . Four funnels were fitted.〔〔 Up to 515 tons of oil fuel could be carried, giving a range of at .〔 The ship's crew was 104 officers and men.〔 The armament of the ''Marksman''-class was planned to be four mounted on the ships centreline, with two 2-pounder (40-mm) "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns and four 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes.〔 In September 1915 it was decided to convert ''Abdiel'' to allow her to operate as a fast minelayer. The conversion involved removing the ship's torpedo tubes and the aft two 4-inch guns to allow the fitting of rails to carry mines. ''Abdiel''s initial mine payload was 66 mines.〔Friedman 2009, p. 153.〕 Canvas screens were fitted to hide the ship's mine rails from neutral observers. Silhouettes of guns and torpedo tubes were later painted on the canvas screens to further disguise the ship's role and equipment, particularly and long ranges and poor visibility.〔Smith 2005, pp. 18, facing p. 86.〕 When fully laden with mines, the ship's speed was reduced to with a range of at , sufficient for the ship's intended operational area of the Heligoland Bight.〔Smith 2005, pp. 16–17.〕 In 1917, ''Abdiel'' was fitted with a modified superstructure, while in 1918, her mine rails were modified to allow 80 mines to be carried, and a third 4-inch gun fitted.〔Smith 2005, pp. 24–25.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Abdiel (1915)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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