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HMS Express (1896)

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54: 2190: 2181: 2176: 33: 357:(in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. While the ship carried the same armament as normal thirty-knotter destroyers, the more powerful engines needed more coal and hence more 394:
was subject to an extensive series of trials over an 18-month period in an attempt to reach the contracted speed of 33 knots. Although Lairds managed to drive the ship's machinery to up to 10,012 indicated horsepower (7,466 kW), well in excess of the rated 9,250 indicated horsepower
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rated at 9,250 indicated horsepower (6,900 kW). Four evenly spaced funnels were fitted. Up to 140 long tons (140 t) of coal were carried, sufficient to give an endurance of 1,470 nautical miles (2,720 km; 1,690 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph).
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included orders for 20 torpedo boat destroyers. Of these, 17 were "thirty-knotters", as ordered under the 1894–1895 and 1895–1896 programmes, which had a contract speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). The remaining three destroyers, ordered from
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despite this failure in recognition of Laird's great efforts and expense in trying to reach the over-optimistic requirement, and the fact that forcing the ship's machinery further was likely to cause excessive wear.
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being allocated to the Seventh Flotilla, based at Devonport. On 8 May 1913, she struck the British passenger-cargo ship
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was assigned to this class. In 1912, it was decided to allocate older destroyers to dedicated Patrol Flotillas, with
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remained part of the Seventh Flotilla until November 1913, but by January 1914 had transferred to the
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was 465 long tons (472 t) light and 540 long tons (550 t) full load. Four coal-fired
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crew being 73 officers and men, compared to 63 for standard Laird-built thirty-knotters.
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was on the Sale List in December 1919, and was sold for scrapping to G Clarkson of
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for further trials in August 1902, and eventually commissioned later that year.
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had moved to the Northern Division of the Coast of Ireland Station, based at
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remained operating on the North Channel Patrol until the end of the war.
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failed to reach the required speeds. It was eventually decided by the
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fed steam at 240 pounds per square inch (1,700 kPa) to two
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remained part of the Eighth Flotilla at the outbreak of the
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carried the specified armament for the thirty-knotters of a
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London: Chatham Publishing. 330:of 14 feet 8 inches (4.47 m). 8: 2228:World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom 279:The 1896–1897 shipbuilding programme of the 717: 715: 713: 550:between Scotland and the North of Ireland. 1702: 1688: 1680: 1359: 1345: 1337: 649: 647: 1710:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1913 571: 522:, with the Flotilla transferring to the 19:For other ships with the same name, see 625: 178:vertical triple-expansion steam engines 1227:Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). 767: 765: 27: 1250:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. 731:"Naval & Military intelligence". 50: 7: 1669:List of destroyers of the Royal Navy 508:, another patrol flotilla based at 454:collided with the stores ship RFA 14: 1269:. London: Conway Maritime Press. 1188:. London: Conway Maritime Press. 1171:Dittmar and Colledge 1972, p. 57. 2188: 2179: 2174: 546:and carrying out patrols in the 538:in July. By December that year, 52: 31: 2213:Ships built on the River Mersey 382:shipyard on 1 December 1896 as 841:"Second mishap to a destroyer" 811:Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 18. 435:and the 2-funnelled ships the 427:to provide some system to the 1: 1231:. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. 188:9,250 hp (6,898 kW) 151:239.25 ft (72.9 m) 1307:. London: Putnam & Co. 1288:. London: Caxton Editions. 534:, which became part of the 202:(57 km/h; 36 mph) 16:Destroyer of the Royal Navy 2249: 2233:Maritime incidents in 1913 1324:. London: Seeley Service. 1229:British Warships 1914–1919 632:Friedman 2009, pp. 53, 55. 536:Seventh Destroyer Flotilla 167:10.25 ft (3.1 m) 143:465 long tons (472 t) 18: 2223:B-class destroyers (1913) 2169: 1664: 1644: 1246:Friedman, Norman (2009). 858:British Newspaper Archive 506:Eighth Destroyer Flotilla 222:QF 12-pounder (76 mm) gun 159:23.5 ft (7.2 m) 124: 45: 30: 1320:March, Edgar J. (1966). 820:Manning 1961, pp. 17–18. 784:National Maritime Museum 780:Warship Histories, vol i 472:Fifth Destroyer Flotilla 340:triple expansion engines 265:Laird, Son & Company 1303:Manning, T. D. (1961). 1206:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 773:"NMM, vessel ID 366548" 429:naming of HM destroyers 275:Design and construction 263:. She was completed by 125:General characteristics 1792:April (unknown date): 846:Yorkshire Evening Post 746:White, Christopher J. 671:Friedman 2009, p. 292. 254:torpedo boat destroyer 134:Torpedo boat destroyer 1305:The British Destroyer 1284:Lyon, David (2001) . 1153:: 1105a. January 1920 904:: 269d. February 1914 878:: 269d. December 1913 848:. England. 8 May 1913 689:Friedman 2009, p. 40. 680:Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99. 662:Friedman 2009, p. 55. 390:on 11 December 1897. 2055:Apr (unknown date): 1286:The First Destroyers 922:Manning 1961, p. 26. 829:Manning 1961, p. 25. 707:Manning 1961, p. 40. 466:, Scotland. In 1909 458:in December 1907 at 351:QF 12 pounder 12 cwt 80:Laird, Son & Co. 1574:Palmers final group 1127:. Naval-history.net 1105:. Naval-history.net 1083:: 17. December 1917 1005:. Naval-history.net 957:. Naval-history.net 935:. Naval-history.net 1368:B-class destroyers 698:Lyon 2001, p. 106. 564:on 17 March 1920. 226:5 × 6-pounder guns 2200: 2199: 1677: 1676: 1257:978-1-84832-049-9 1219:978-1-86176-281-8 1057:: 16. August 1917 721:Lyon 2001, p. 29. 653:Lyon 2001, p. 26. 641:Lyon 2001, p. 23. 618: 617: 500:and damaged her. 412:was delivered to 294:J & G Thomson 281:British Admiralty 241: 240: 2240: 2192: 2183: 2178: 2162: 2146: 2136: 2126: 2116: 2100: 2089: 2078: 2061: 2051: 2041: 2020: 1984: 1973: 1963: 1954:James Carruthers 1947: 1931: 1904:Charles S. Price 1885: 1869: 1866:Empress of India 1858: 1848: 1838: 1828: 1818: 1808: 1798: 1788: 1778: 1768: 1758: 1755:James T. 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Index

HMS Express

Laird, Son & Co.
Birkenhead
Scrapped
Torpedo boat destroyer
vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Normand boilers
knots
QF 12-pounder (76 mm) gun
18-inch (450 mm)
torpedo tubes
B-class
torpedo boat destroyer
British
Royal Navy
Laird, Son & Company
Birkenhead
British Admiralty
Laird
J & G Thomson
Arab
Thornycroft
Albatross
long overall
beam
draught
Displacement
Normand boilers
triple expansion engines

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