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on 10 May 1895 under the 1894–1895 shipbuilding programme. As with other early Royal Navy destroyers, the detailed design was left to the builder, with the
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and was launched on 15 April 1896. During sea trials
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183:272 long tons (276 t) standard
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851:Gardiner and Gray (1985), p. 18.
615:was ordered on 30 May that year.
479:Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
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407:Thornycroft's design had three
772:at the Naval Database website"
415:steam engines, rated at 5,700
239:2 × vertical triple-expansion
223:5,700 shp (4,300 kW)
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951:. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan.
511:and Chinese destroyers. The
503:On 17 June 1900, during the
423:and 208 feet (63.40 m)
396:and an armament of a single
299:on a Mark I* low angle mount
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1008:. London: Caxton Editions.
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290:QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I
16:Destroyer of the Royal Navy
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1044:. London: Seeley Service.
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860:Manning (1961), pp. 17–18.
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196:210 ft (64 m)
160:General characteristics
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812:The Dreadnought Project
723:Lyon (1996), pp. 98–99.
714:Lyon (1996), pp. 22–23.
379:Design and construction
297:QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 gun
126:Laid up in reserve 1919
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597:The other two were
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169:Two funnel, 30 knot
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302:2 × single
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102:4 July 1895
91:Yard number
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1287:1896 ships
1276:Categories
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509:Taku forts
459:Portsmouth
402:forecastle
394:sea trials
369:Royal Navy
275:Complement
228:Propulsion
147:China 1900
1252:destroyer
1132:Desperate
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635:Citations
600:Desperate
568:HMS
427:, with a
375:in 1921.
373:Hong Kong
365:destroyer
346:1914–1918
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118:June 1897
99:Laid down
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283:Armament
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782:20 June
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