HMS Moy

HMS Moy was a Laird Type River-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Named after the River Moy in Ireland, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.

She was ordered under the 1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates, laid down on 22 March 1904, at Cammell Laird's shipyard at Birkenhead and launched on 10 November 1904. She was completed in June 1905. Her original armament was to be the same as the turtleback torpedo boat destroyers that preceded her. In 1906 the Admiralty decided to upgrade the armament by landing the five 6-pounder naval guns and shipping three 12-pounder/8 hundredweight (cwt) guns). Two would be mounted abeam at the foc's'le break and the third gun would be mounted on the quarterdeck.

After commissioning she was assigned to the East Coast Destroyer Flotilla of the 1st Fleet and based at Harwich. On 27 April 1908, the Eastern Flotilla departed Harwich for live fire and night manoeuvres. During these exercises HMS Attentive rammed and sank HMS Gala then damaged HMS Ribble. In April 1909 she was assigned to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on its formation at Harwich. She remained until displaced by a Beagle-class destroyer by May 1912. She went into reserve assigned to the 5th Destroyer Flotilla of the Second Fleet with a nucleus crew. On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter 'A'. The ships of the River class were assigned to the E class. After 30 September 1913, she was known as an E class destroyer and had the letter ‘E’ painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel.^[3]

1914 年初頭、G 級駆逐艦に取って代わられた彼女は、チャタムを拠点とする第9 駆逐艦隊に加わり、 HMSセント ジョージに配属された。第 9 駆逐艦隊は、フォース湾地域での対潜哨戒と機雷掃海を任務とする哨戒艦隊であった。 ^{[ 4 ]} 1914 年 12 月 16 日、分隊長HMSドゥーンの下、 CC ネイラー中尉の指揮下にあるHMSウェイブニー、HMSテスト、HMSモイとともに、ハートリプール沖の哨戒に派遣された。ハートリプールに対するドイツの巡洋戦艦の襲撃中、彼女はドイツ軍の砲撃で損傷を受けた。彼女は砲弾の破片に当たって短く表面的に炸裂し、破片による損傷を受けたが、死傷者は出なかった。^{[ 5 ] [ 6 ]} 1915年8月、第9駆逐艦隊と第7駆逐艦隊の合併により、ハンバー川を拠点とする第7駆逐艦隊に配属された。戦争終結までハンバー哨戒任務に従事し、機雷掃海作戦や対潜哨戒に参加した。^{[ 7 ]}

1919年にHMS Moyは退役し、処分を待つ間予備艦として係留された。1919年5月27日、同艦はT Oakleyに売却され、解体された。^{[ 8 ]}

彼女はその功績に対して戦功章を授与されなかった。

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