Porcupine 1899
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Janus | Palmer, Jarrow | 28.3.1894 | 12.3.1895 | 11.1895 | sold 3.1914 | ||
Lightning | N23 | Palmer, Jarrow | 28.3.1894 | 10.4.1895 | 1.1896 | sunk 30.6.1915 | |
Porcupine | N19, D0A, D69 | Palmer, Jarrow | 28.3.1894 | 19.9.1895 | 3.1896 | sold 4.1920 |
Displacement normal, t |
275 |
Displacement full, t |
320 |
Length, m |
61.1 oa 59.7 pp |
Breadth, m |
5.85 |
Draught, m |
2.44 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 3-cyl VTE, 4 Reed boilers |
Power, h. p. |
3900 |
Max speed, kts |
28 |
Fuel, t |
coal 68 |
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 |
54 |
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.
It was with these three funnelled boats that Palmer began to establish their
reputation of building the most seaworthy of all the builders' destroyers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Janus was sold at Hong Kong for BU in 1914. Lightning was mined in North Sea in mouth of Thames 30.6.1915.
Janus
Porcupine 1899
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