HMS Marshal Ney

Marshal Ney, August 1915
History
United Kingdom
Name	Marshal Ney
Namesake	Michel Ney
Builder	Palmers, Jarrow
Yard number	859
Laid down	January 1915
Launched	17 June 1915
Commissioned	31 August 1915
Decommissioned	September 1919
Out of service	1957
Renamed	From M.13, June 1915
Fate	Scrapped, 6 October 1957
General characteristics
Class and type	Marshal Ney-class monitor
Displacement	6,670 long tons (6,780 t) (standard) 6,900 long tons (7,000 t) (full load)
Length	355 ft 8 in (108.4 m) (o/a)
Beam	90 ft 3 in (27.5 m) (o/a)
Draught	10 ft 5 in (3.2 m)
Installed power	1,500 bhp (1,100 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × diesel engines
Speed	6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph)
Range	1,490 nmi (2,760 km; 1,710 mi) at 5.5 knots (10.2 km/h; 6.3 mph)
Complement	187
Armament	As built: 1 × twin 15 in (380 mm) guns 2 × single 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) AA guns 2 × single 2 pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns 1916: 1 × single 9.2 in (234 mm) gun 4 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns 2 × single 12 pdr AA guns 2 × single 2 pdr AA guns 1918: 6 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns 2 × single 3 in (76 mm) AA guns 2 × single 2 pdr AA guns
Armour	Belt: 4 in (102 mm) Barbette: 8 in (203 mm) Turret: 13 in (330 mm) Deck: 1–4 in (25–102 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm)

HMS Marshal Ney was the lead ship of her class of two monitors built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Laid down as M13, she was renamed after the French field marshal of the Napoleonic Wars Michel Ney. After service in the First World War, she became a depot ship and then an accommodation ship. Between 1922 and 1947, she was renamed three times, becoming successively Vivid, Drake and Alaunia II. She was scrapped in 1957.