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{{short description|Admiralty M-class destroyer}}
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|Ship class={{sclass2|Admiralty M|destroyer}}
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|Ship power=*{{convert|25000|shp|lk=in|abbr=on}}
*4 × [[Yarrow boiler]]s
|Ship propulsion= 3 Shafts; 3 [[steam turbines]]
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|Ship range= {{convert|2100|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}}
|Ship complement=76
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*2 × [[QF 2-pounder naval gun#QF 1.C2.BD pounder|QF 1.5-pounder (37&nbsp;mm)]] '''or''' [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2-pounder (40&nbsp;mm)]] "pom-pom" [[anti-aircraft gun]]s
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'''HMS ''Nomad''''' was an {{sclass2|Admiralty M|destroyer}} built for the [[Royal Navy]] during the First World War. She was sunk during the [[Battle of Jutland]] in 1916.

==Description==
The Admiralty M class were improved and faster versions of the preceding {{sclass|Laforey|destroyer|||1913}}.<ref name=g5>Gardiner & Gray, p. 76</ref> They [[Displacement (ship)|displaced]] {{convert|971|LT|t|0}}. The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|273|ft|4|in|m|1}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|26|ft|8|in|m|1}} and a [[draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|9|ft|8|in|m|1}}. They were powered by three [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] direct-drive [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[propeller shaft]], using steam provided by four [[Yarrow boiler]]s. The turbines developed a total of {{convert|25000|shp|lk=in}} and gave a maximum speed of {{convert|34|kn|lk=in}}. The ships carried a maximum of {{convert|237|LT|t}} of [[fuel oil]] that gave them a range of {{convert|2100|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}. The ships' complement was 76 officers and [[naval rating|ratings]].<ref name=f8>Friedman, p. 298</ref>

The ships were armed with three single [[QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII|QF {{convert|4|in|mm|adj=on|0}} Mark IV guns]] and two [[QF 2-pounder naval gun#QF 1.C2.BD pounder|QF 1.5-pounder (37&nbsp;mm)]] [[anti-aircraft gun]]s. These latter guns were later replaced by a pair of [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2-pounder (40&nbsp;mm)]] "pom-pom" anti-aircraft guns. The ships were also fitted with two above water twin mounts for [[British 21-inch torpedo|{{convert|21|in|adj=on|0}} torpedoes]].<ref name=f8/>

==Construction and service==
''Nomad'' was ordered under the Third War Programme in November 1914 and built by [[Alexander Stephen and Sons]] at their [[shipyard]] in [[Linthouse]]. The ship was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 7 February 1916 and completed in April 1916.<ref>Friedman, p. 308</ref> She was commissioned under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Paul Whitfield and briefly served in the [[13th Destroyer Flotilla]] of the [[Grand Fleet]].<ref name="nmm">{{cite web|url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_ii.pdf |title=NMM, vessel ID 372190 |work=Warship Histories, vol ii |publisher=[[National Maritime Museum]] |access-date=17 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927114728/http://www.rmg.co.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_ii.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2013 }}</ref><ref name="jell p469">Jellicoe, p. 469.</ref>

''Nomad'' was part of the 13th Destroyer Flotilla at the [[Battle of Jutland]] on 31 May 1916.<ref name="jell p469"/><ref name="Camp p25">Campbell, p. 25.</ref> At 16:09 hr, Admiral [[John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe|Jellicoe]] commander of the Grand Fleet ordered the 13th Flotilla to launch a torpedo attack against German [[battlecruiser]]s, while at almost the same time, Admiral [[Franz von Hipper|Hipper]], commander of the German battlecruisers, ordered a torpedo attack on British battlecruisers by the German 9th Flotilla.<ref name="Camp p46,0">Campbell, pp. 46, 50.</ref> The two destroyer forces became involved in an intense engagement, during which ''Nomad'' was disabled by a shell hit in her engine room. Two torpedoes fired by the German destroyers at ''Nestor'' failed to strike, passing under the British destroyer.<ref name="Camp p50-1">Campbell, pp. 50–51.</ref><ref name="Kemp p16-7">Kemp, pp. 16–17.</ref> Later that afternoon, ''Nomad'', together with sister ship {{HMS|Nestor|1915|2}}, also immobilised in the earlier attack, was engaged by German battleships. ''Nomad'' launched all her torpedoes at the German ships, but failed to score a hit, while the German battleships {{SMS|Friedrich der Grosse|1911|2}}, {{SMS|Prinzregent Luitpold||2}}, {{SMS|Kaiser|1911|2}} and {{SMS|Kaiserin||2}} fired at ''Nomad'' with their secondary armament. She was heavily hit, with the damage forcing her crew to abandon ship, while a final hit caused ''Nomad''{{'}}s forward magazine to explode, the destroyer sinking at 17:30 hr, with ''Nestor'' sinking shortly afterwards.<ref name="Kemp p16-7"/><ref name="Camp p101">Campbell, p. 101.</ref> Eight of ''Nomad''{{'}}s crew were killed while 72 survivors (including Whitfield) were rescued from the sea by German torpedo boats and became prisoners-of-war.<ref name="Camp p101,338">Campbell, pp. 101, 338.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Whitfield|first=Paul|title=ADM 137/4808: Sinking of HMS Nomad|date=8 June 1916|publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/battles/p_captainsletter.htm|access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>

The wreck is designated as a protected place under the [[Protection of Military Remains Act 1986]]. The wreck of ''Nomad'' was found by accident in 2001 by a dive team including marine archaeologist [[Innes McCartney]]. The ship's bell can be seen on display at the Jutland shipwreck museum.

==Popular culture==
She was depicted in a book called ''Prisoner of War'', by [[Martin Booth]], serving as the protagonist's ship.<ref name="Booth">{{cite book | last=Booth | first=Martin | title=PoW | publisher=Puffin HC | publication-place=London | date=2000 | isbn=978-0-14-130421-2}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Campbell|first=John|title=Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting|year=1998|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-750-3}}
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
* {{cite book|last1=Dittmar|first1=F.J.|last2=Colledge|first2=J.J.|title=British Warships 1914–1919|year=1972|publisher=Ian Allan|location=Shepperton, UK|isbn=0-7110-0380-7 |name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War|year=2009|location=Barnsley, UK|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|isbn=978-1-84832-049-9}}
* {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Gray|first2=Randal|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-245-5 |name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite book| last=Jellicoe|first=John |author-link=John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe |title=The Grand Fleet 1914–16: Its Creation, Development and Work| url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.41761| year=1919| publisher=Cassell and Company |location=London |oclc=859842281 }}
* {{cite book|last=Kemp|first=Paul|title=The Admiralty Regrets: British Warship Losses of the 20th Century|year=1999|publisher=Sutton Publishing|location=Stroud, UK|isbn=0-7509-1567-6}}
* {{cite book|last=March|first=Edgar J.|title=British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans|year=1966|publisher=Seeley Service|location=London |oclc=164893555}}

==External links==
* http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/destroyers_before_1900.htm
* [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080950_en_1 SI 2008/0950] Designation under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986
* [https://www.jutlandcrewlists.org/nomad Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project - HMS Nomad Crew List]

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