Sturgeon 1898
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Sturgeon | Naval Construction & Armament, Barrow | 1.3.1894 | 21.7.1894 | 1.1896 | sold 5.1912 | ||
| Starfish | Naval Construction & Armament, Barrow | 22.3.1894 | 26.1.1895 | 1.1896 | sold 5.1912 | ||
| Skate | Naval Construction & Armament, Barrow | 20.3.1894 | 13.3.1895 | 1.1896 | sold 4.1907 |
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Displacement normal, t |
300 |
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Displacement full, t |
340 |
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Length, m |
59.3 oa 57.9 pp |
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Breadth, m |
5.79 |
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Draught, m |
2.31 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 4-cyl VTE, 4 Blechynden boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
4000 |
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Max speed, kts |
27.8 |
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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) |
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Complement |
52 |
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.
Modernizations: 1901, Skate: - 1 x 1 - 450 TT
Naval service: Skate was put on sale list in November 1905 but was used as a target for shore batteries and sold for BU in 1907.
Sturgeon 1896
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