Description
Ordered as part of the 1907–1908 Naval Programme, the third batch of ''Tribal''-class destroyers were improved versions of the earlier-batch ships. ''Maori'' Displacement (ship), displaced at normal load and at deep load. She had an length overall, overall length of , a beam (nautical), beam of and a draft (hull), draught of . The ship was powered by a single steam turbine set which drove three propeller shafts using steam provided by six Yarrow boilers. The turbine was rated at and was intended to give a maximum speed of .Friedman, p. 294 During her sea trials ''Maori'' reached from . The third-batch Tribals carried a maximum of of fuel oil that gave them a range of at . Their crew numbered 71 officers and naval rating, ratings. The ships were armed with a pair of BL 4-inch Mk VIII naval gun, BL Mk VIII gun in single mounts, one on the forecastle and the other on the stern. Their torpedo armament consisted of two rotating torpedo tubes for British 18 inch torpedo, 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes, one mount between the two forward funnel (ship), funnels and the other on the stern.Construction and career
''Maori'' was laid down by William Denny and Brothers at its Greenock shipyard on 6 August 1908, Ceremonial ship launching, launched on 24 May 1909 and completed in November.Friedman, p. 305 On commissioning, ''Maori'' joined the 1st Destroyer Flotilla, based at Harwich, replacing the River-class destroyer . By March 1913, ''Maori'' was part of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla of the First Fleet.Notes
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