Shark 1895
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Rocket | 269 | J & G Thomson, Clydebank | 14.2.1894 | 14.8.1894 | 7.1895 | sold 4.1912 | |
| Shark | 270 | J & G Thomson, Clydebank | 14.2.1894 | 22.9.1894 | 7.1895 | sold 7.1911 | |
| Surly | P30, D3A, D82 | 271 | J & G Thomson, Clydebank | 14.2.1894 | 10.11.1894 | 7.1895 | sold 3.1920 |
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Displacement normal, t |
280 |
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Displacement full, t |
325 |
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Length, m |
62.2 oa 61.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
5.97 |
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Draught, m |
2.06 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 4-cyl VTE, 4 Normand boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
4100 |
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Max speed, kts |
27 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 57 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) |
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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 were built with great speed by the Clydeside yard.
Modernizations: 1901, Surly, Rocket: - 1 x 1 - 450 TT
1910, Rocket: - 3 x 1 - 57/40
9/1915, Surly: + 2 DCR
Naval service: No significant events.
Shark
Surly
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