Banshee 1895
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Banshee | 598 | Laird, Birkenhead | 3.1894 | 17.11.1894 | 7.1895 | sold 4.1912 | |
| Contest | 599 | Laird, Birkenhead | 3.1894 | 1.12.1894 | 7.1895 | sold 7.1911 | |
| Dragon | 600 | Laird, Birkenhead | 3.1894 | 15.12.1894 | 6.1895 | sold 7.1912 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
290 |
|
Displacement full, t |
345 |
|
Length, m |
64.9 oa 63.4 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
5.87 |
|
Draught, m |
2.93 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 3-cyl VTE, 4 Normand boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
4400 |
|
Max speed, kts |
28 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 72 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 5 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT (4) |
|
Complement |
58 |
Project history: Before the Havock had
completed it was decided to order another six destroyers from Thornycroft and
Yarrow. Another nine were ordered from other builders making up, a few months
later, the 1893/94 Programme. Apart from a slight increase in size the main
difference was that the gun armament was increased by 2 57mm guns. The first six
(the Thornycroft and Yarrow boats) had a bow tube fitted, but it was found to
throw up clouds of spray in anything except a flat calm, had a bad effect on
seakeeping and was soon removed.
These vessels was four funneled, being slightly improved versions of the earlier
Laird boats.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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