HMS Montrose
Career (United Kingdom)
Class and type:	Admiralty type destroyer leader
Name:	HMS Montrose
Laid down:	27 March 1918
Launched:	29 May 1919
Commissioned:	14 December 1919
Fate:	Sold to be broken up for scrap on 25 July 1945
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,530 tons
Length:	320 ft (98 m)
Beam:	31 ft (9. Ships The prototype was ordered in April 1916 under the War Emergency Programme: ''Scott''; built by Cammell Laird & Company Birkenhead Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar 4 m)
Draught:	14 ft (4. 3 m)
Propulsion:	Parsons Turbines, 2 shafts, Yarrow Boilers 40,000 hp (30 MW)
Speed:	36. Yarrow (Shipbuilders Limited (YSL often styled as simply Yarrows, was a major shipyard now part of BVT Surface Fleet, a joint venture between BAE Systems 5 knots
Complement:	164
Armament:	2 × 4. 7-inch guns 2 × 6-pounder guns 1 × 4-inch gun 2 × 2-pounder guns 5 × 20 mm guns
Honours and awards:	Atlantic 1939-40 Dunkirk 1940 Arctic 1942-43 North Sea 1942-44 English Channel 1943-44 Normandy 1944

The first HMS Montrose was one of eight Admiralty typedestroyer leaders, sometimes known as the Scott-class. Ships The prototype was ordered in April 1916 under the War Emergency Programme: ''Scott''; built by Cammell Laird & Company Birkenhead In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy A flotilla leader was a warship suitable for commanding a Flotilla of Destroyers or other small warships typically a small Cruiser or a large destroyer They were named after figures from Scottish history and were ordered under the Wartime Emergency Construction Programme. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. She was laid down at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 17 September 1917, launched in June 1918 and completed on the 14th September that year, too late for her to be actively involved in the First World War. Hebburn is a small Town situated on the south bank of the River Tyne in North East England, sandwiched between the towns of Jarrow Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All She was sent to the Mediterranean Fleet where she would be stationed for an astonishing ten years, being involved in a number of operations during her attachment to the Fleet. One of her first duties was assisting in the evacuation of the remnants of the White Army at Novorossiysk, a harbour near the Black Sea, in March 1920. The White movement (Beloie Dvijenie Белое движение whose military arm is known as the White Army (Belaia Armia Белая Армия or White Guard History In antiquity the shores of the Tsemess Bay were the site of Bata, an ancient Greek colony that specialized in the Grain trade The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey Many other Royal Navy warships assisted in the evacuation, along with British forces on land.

She finally returned back home in 1929, serving initially in the Nore Reserve Fleet, then with the more prestigious Home Fleet from 1930 to 1932, before being placed into Reserve until she was given her eventual refit at Devonport shortly before World War II began. The Home Fleet is the traditional name of the fleet of the Royal Navy that protects the United Kingdom 's territorial waters Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB Devonport ( HMS ''Drake'') is one of three UK operating bases for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In 1939 she was made leader of the 17th Destroyer Flotilla, stationed with the Western Approaches Command, and for the first few months back in active service was tasked with anti-submarine patrols in the East Atlantic. Western Approaches Command was a major operational command of the Royal Navy during World War II.

On 27 May 1940 she again assisted in an evacuation, this time the legendary Evacuation of Dunkirk, successfully evacuating 925 troops before being forced to leave the operation due to bomb damage that she had sustained from German aircraft. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Battle of Dunkirk was the defense and evacuation of the British and Allied forces that had been separated from the main body of the French defenses by the German advance Over 338,000 troops were evacuated in total.

Two months later, after she had been transferred to the 18th Destroyer Flotilla, Nore Command, she was damaged once again by enemy aircraft, while protecting minesweepers on the east coast. A minesweeper is a Naval Warship designed to counter the threat posed by Naval mines The dedicated purpose-built minesweeper first appeared during While in this action she shot down at least one enemy aircraft, though she had been disabled due to damage that she had sustained by a number of near-misses. She was subsequently towed back to Chatham for repairs that were to last over a year. On return from these repairs she was reallocated to the 16th Destroyer Flotilla where she would see out the remainder of her career.

From September 1942 and well into January 1943, she was employed in escorting convoys to North Russia, before she resumed coastal patrols off Britain, as well as covering the east coast convoys. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Her last action of the war came about supporting the Normandy Landings. She won the lineage its last battle honour during these operations. Montrose was also damaged while supporting the invasion and had to be towed to Imminghamor for repairs. These were never completed, and she was thus placed in reserve and subsequently decommissioned in 1946. She was scrapped at Blyth in Northumberland the same year. Blyth ( or spelling pronunciation) is a Town in southeast Northumberland, England. Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west