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was the second of four 30-knot destroyers ordered from Laird's as part of the 1894–1895 Royal Navy shipbuilding programme. As with other early Royal Navy destroyers, the detailed design was left to the builder, with the
Admiralty laying down only broad requirements. In order to meet the contract
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was laid down as Yard No 607 on 30 May 1895, and was launched on 8 October 1895. She reached a speed of 30.207 knots (34.762 mph; 55.943 km/h) over a measured mile and an average speed of 30.56 knots (56.60 km/h; 35.17 mph) over three hours during trials on 11 December 1896.
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372:(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.
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was 355 long tons (361 t) light and 415 long tons (422 t) full load, while crew was 63. Armament consisted of a
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Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979).
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Diamond Jubilee of
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345:(4,700 kW), and was fitted with four funnels.
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690:"British Navy: Destroyers in Trouble. Two Sunk"
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19:For other ships with the same name, see
830:Manning, Thomas Davys, Captain (1961).
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1210:List of destroyers of the Royal Navy
309:and was wrecked in the mouth of the
176:415 long tons (422 t) full load
559:Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 94.
536:Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 87.
194:21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
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753:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
202:9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
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173:355 long tons (361 t) light
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718:"Loss of H.M.S. Sparrowhawk"
815:. London: Caxton Editions.
383:commissioned in June 1897.
237:(56 km/h; 35 mph)
16:Destroyer of the Royal Navy
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865:. London: Seeley Service.
439:was later deployed to the
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324:Design and construction
297:. She was completed by
147:General characteristics
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341:, rated at 6,300
291:torpedo boat destroyer
262:5 × 6-pdr (57 mm) guns
832:The British Destroyer
811:Lyon, David (2001) .
586:Friedman 2009, p. 40.
577:Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99.
527:Lyon 2001, pp. 61–62.
417:were deployed to the
142:Wrecked, 17 June 1904
813:The First Destroyers
643:on 24 September 2015
568:Manning 1961, p. 40.
545:Manning 1961, p. 39.
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366:QF 12 pounder 12 cwt
97:Laird, Son & Co.
1818:Shipwrecks of China
1115:Palmers final group
834:. Putnam & Co.
443:. On 17 June 1904,
909:B-class destroyers
661:Lyon 2001, p. 116.
57:, circa 1898.
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633:"HMS Sparrowhawk"
598:Lyon 2001, p. 61.
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