The Yarrow Later M class were a class

Ship class

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 of seven destroyers built for the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 that saw service during World War I

World War I

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. They were based on the preceding and successful Yarrow M class

Yarrow M class destroyer

The Yarrow M class was a class of ten destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I. They were generally similar to the standard Admiralty M class, but were instead designed by the builder, Yarrow & Company. Generally, they had two instead of three shafts, as well as two...

 with minor alterations; notably reduced beam to compensate for increased displacement and a sloping stern. They were sometimes described as the Yarrow R class of destroyers.

Ships

Four vessels were ordered in July 1915: - Laid down August 1915, launched 24 July 1916, completed September 1916. Sold for breaking up 5 November 1926. - Launched 30 September 1916 and completed late 1916. Sunk by gunfire from German cruisers Bremse and off Norway, 17 October 1917. - Launched 25 November 1916 and completed 1916, torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat

U-boat

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 off light ship on night of 22 December/23 December 1917. - Laid down August 1915, launched 5 February 1917, completed February 1917. Sold for breaking up 5 November 1926.

Three vessels were ordered in March 1916: - Laid down March 1916, launched 24 March 1917, completed May 1917. Sold for breaking up 29 April 1927. - Laid down March 1916, launched 19 May 1917, completed July 1917. Sold for breaking up April 1938. - Launched 4 August 1917 and completed 1917, torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat

U-boat

U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...

 UC-17

SM UC-17

SM UC-17 was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U-boat in the Kaiserliche Marine in World War I. She was ordered on 29 August 1915 and launched on 29 February 1916...

 off Dutch coast

Netherlands

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15 August 1918.