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Armstrong 27-knotters, 1893-94 follow-up order destroyers (1896)

Swordfish 1896

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Swordfish     Armstrong, Elswick 4.6.1894 27.3.1895 12.1896 sold 10.1910
Spitfire     Armstrong, Elswick 4.6.1894 7.6.1895 11.1896 sold 4.1912

 

Displacement normal, t

320

Displacement full, t

355

Length, m

62.3 oa 61.0 pp

Breadth, m

5.79

Draught, m

2.36

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 4-cyl VTE, 8 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

4500

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

coal 57?

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.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Spitfire

Swordfish

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