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On 30 August 1912 the
Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter 'A'. Since her design speed was 30-knots and she had two funnels she was assigned to the D class. After 30 September 1913, she was known as a D-class destroyer and had
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on the River Thames. She was launched on 2 February 1897. During her builder's trials her maximum average speed was 30.4 knots. She proceeded to
Portsmouth to have her armament fitted. She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in July 1898. During her acceptance trials and work ups her
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ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895 – 1896 Naval
Estimates. She was the second ship to carry this name. She was launched in 1897, served at Chatham and Portsmouth and was sold for breaking in 1920.
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during exercises in 1899. Lieutenant
Charles Tibbits was appointed in command in September 1899, serving as such for a year until September 1900. In October 1901 she collided in heavy wind near
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to rejoin the instructional flotilla in early
December. In early August 1902 she was again back in the Medway flotilla, taking the crew of
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After commissioning she was assigned to the
Chatham Division of the Harwich Flotilla, where she was part of the
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In 1919 she was paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal. She was sold on 20 May 1920 to
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the letter 'D' painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel.
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August 1914 found her in commission in the
Portsmouth Local Flotilla tendered to HMS
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Ships of the Royal Navy: The
Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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Instructional
Flotilla. She was the flotilla leader under the command of Commander
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under the command of Lieutenant George Geoffrey Codrington. She took part in the
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Two-funnel, 30-knotter torpedo boat destroyers (reclassified in 1912 as
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of Sheffield for breaking at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire in Wales.
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She was laid down as yard number 313 on 21 December 1896, at the
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British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War
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which replaced her in the flotilla in December the same year.
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1,310 nmi (2,430 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
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Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979).
618:. Conway Maritime Press. 2006 . p. Page 17 to 19.
544:. No. 36600. London. 31 October 1901. p. 11.
604:. No. 36940. London. 2 December 1902. p. 6.
559:. No. 36628. London. 3 December 1901. p. 6.
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Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906 to 1922
589:. No. 36845. London. 13 August 1902. p. 4.
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574:. No. 36833. London. 30 July 1902. p. 10.
778:Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
780:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
699:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
1091:Ships built by John I. Thornycroft & Company
404:, before Codrington and the crew turned over to
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725:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
8:
900:
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799:Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships 1898
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740:Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972).
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281:L/40 gun on a P Mark I low angle mount
20:
763:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
667:
665:
600:"Naval & Military intelligence".
570:"Naval & Military intelligence".
555:"Naval & Military intelligence".
540:"Naval & Military intelligence".
516:Jane’s All the World's Fighting Ships
52:
7:
1057:List of destroyers of the Royal Navy
808:Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I
528:Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I
175:352 long tons (358 t) full load
172:270 long tons (274 t) standard
196:19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
14:
782:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
701:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
585:"The Coronation - Naval Review".
204:7 ft 8 in (2.34 m)
353:average sea speed was 25 knots.
54:
24:
644:at the Naval Database website"
346:John I Thornycroft and Company
228:2 × vertical triple-expansion
212:5,700 shp (4,300 kW)
144:Sold for breaking, 20 May 1920
1:
744:. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan.
414:In 1903 she deployed to the
288:on a Mark I* low angle mount
848:. London: Putnam & Co.
829:. London: Caxton Editions.
373:with the passenger steamer
279:QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I
82:1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
16:Destroyer of the Royal Navy
1107:
865:. London: Seeley Service.
742:British Warships 1914–1919
396:on 16 August 1902 for the
297:18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes
1086:D-class destroyers (1913)
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759:Friedman, Norman (2009).
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244:30 kn (56 km/h)
148:
47:
23:
861:March, Edgar J. (1966).
185:210 ft (64 m)
149:General characteristics
136:Laid up in reserve, 1919
1076:Ships built in Chiswick
844:Manning, T. D. (1961).
806:Jane, Fred T. (1990) .
797:Jane, Fred T. (1969) .
719:; Warlow, Ben (2006) .
286:QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 gun
846:The British Destroyer
825:Lyon, David (2001) .
810:. Jane’s Publishing.
827:The First Destroyers
1014:Thornycroft 1897-98
982:Thornycroft 1896-97
957:Thornycroft 1895-96
918:Thornycroft 1894-95
650:on 17 December 2013
416:Mediterranean Fleet
330:two-funnel, 30-knot
267:65 officers and men
158:Two funnel, 30 knot
910:D-class destroyers
224:water tube boilers
91:John I Thornycroft
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770:978-1-84832-049-9
732:978-1-86176-281-8
518:(1898), pp.84-85.
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112:21 December 1895
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209:Installed power
120:2 February 1897
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676:. Retrieved
652:. Retrieved
648:the original
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390:fleet review
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348:shipyard at
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340:Construction
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167:Displacement
125:Commissioned
72:
40:
30:
18:
1043:River-class
485:1 Jan 1918
474:1 Sep 1915
438:Disposition
426:World War I
316:1914 - 1918
314:World War I
310:Operations:
291:2 × single
101:Yard number
38:sister ship
1081:1897 ships
1070:Categories
503:References
493:1 Jan 1918
482:1 Sep 1915
471:6 Dec 1914
402:Edward VII
398:coronation
264:Complement
217:Propulsion
1046:destroyer
926:Desperate
871:164893555
602:The Times
587:The Times
572:The Times
557:The Times
542:The Times
432:Excellent
385:Porcupine
383:HMS
379:Sheerness
333:destroyer
161:destroyer
128:July 1898
109:Laid down
990:Coquette
400:of King
394:Spithead
392:held at
350:Chiswick
272:Armament
234:2 shafts
117:Launched
95:Chiswick
1037:C class
1004:Cynthia
947:Mallard
854:6470051
654:20 June
375:Suffolk
357:Pre-War
201:Draught
87:Builder
79:Ordered
48:History
997:Cygnet
965:Angler
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678:1 June
642:Angler
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363:Medway
328:was a
325:Angler
182:Length
73:Angler
31:Angler
972:Ariel
640:"HMS
408:Hardy
293:tubes
249:Range
241:Speed
41:Ariel
34:'
1022:Stag
940:Foam
933:Fame
867:OCLC
850:OCLC
831:ISBN
812:ISBN
784:ISBN
765:ISBN
746:ISBN
727:ISBN
703:ISBN
680:2013
656:2013
620:ISBN
460:From
406:HMS
323:HMS
295:for
284:5 ×
277:1 ×
193:Beam
141:Fate
69:Name
490:D04
479:D38
468:P25
463:To
187:o/a
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