HMS Manly was a Yarrow M-class destroyer built for the British Royal Navy between 1913 and 1914. She measured approximately 269 feet 6 inches in overall length, with a beam of 25 feet 7½ inches, and a draught of 10 feet 8½ inches. Displacing around 879 long tons at normal load, she was powered by three Yarrow water-tube boilers feeding Brown-Curtis impulse steam turbines, which drove two propeller shafts, rated at 23,000 shaft horsepower. This machinery enabled her to reach a top speed of 33.88 knots during sea trials, slightly below her design goal of 36 knots, but still notably fast for her class. Her armament comprised three 4-inch QF Mk 4 guns, two 2-pounder pom-pom autocannons for anti-aircraft defense, and two twin 21-inch torpedo tubes, with a crew complement of 79 officers and sailors. Laid down at Yarrow’s Scotstoun shipyard on 12 May 1913 and launched on 12 October 1914, HMS Manly was completed in November 1914 at a contract cost of £118,221. She served initially with the Harwich Force, operating mainly in the North Sea, where she participated in various patrols, minelaying operations, and escort duties. Early in her service, she was involved in minelaying east of the Straits of Dover and was part of anti-submarine sweeps off the Dutch coast. She was also tasked with escorting troop transports, including those bound for the Gallipoli Campaign, and participated in the Dover patrol, covering operations such as the Zeebrugge Raid in April 1918. Throughout her wartime career, HMS Manly was actively engaged in escort, patrol, and combat operations against German surface and submarine forces. Her notable service included participation in the Zeebrugge Raid and various engagements off the Dutch and Belgian coasts. After the war, she was sold for scrap in 1920, marking the end of her distinguished service as a fast and versatile vessel integral to Royal Navy operations during World War I.

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