HMS Oracle (1915)

	Oracle
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Oracle
Namesake	Oracle
Ordered	November 1914
Builder	Doxford, Sunderland
Launched	23 December 1915
Completed	August 1916
Out of service	30 October 1921
Fate	Sold to be broken up
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty M-class destroyer
Displacement	950 long tons (970 t) normal; 1,021 long tons (1,037 t) full load;
Length	265 ft 8 in (80.98 m) p.p.
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
Draught	16 ft 3 in (4.95 m)
Propulsion	3 Yarrow boilers; 2 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 25,000 shp (19,000 kW);
Speed	34 knots (63.0 km/h; 39.1 mph)
Range	3,450 nmi (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	76
Armament	3 × QF 4 in (102 mm) Mark IV guns (3×1); 1 × 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-pom" Mk. II anti-aircraft gun (1×1); 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×2);

HMS Oracle was a Repeat Admiralty M-class destroyer which served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class were an improvement on the previous L-class, capable of higher speed. The vessel was launched on 23 December 1915 and joined the Grand Fleet. Oracle spent much of the war involved in anti-submarine warfare. In August 1916, the destroyer rescued the crew of the light cruiser Nottingham, which had been sunk by a German submarine. In August 1917, the destroyer rammed and sank the submarine U-44. After the Armistice that marked the end of the First World War, the destroyer was transferred to Portsmouth. Initially, the destroyer was part of the local defence flotilla but soon Oracle was placed in reserve, decommissioned and, on 30 October 1921, sold to be broken up.

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