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The
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All three ships had been sold for scrapping before 1913 when the
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The Naval
Construction and Armament Company produced a design with a length of 194 feet 6 inches (59.28 m)
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rated at 4,000 indicated horsepower (3,000 kW). 60 tons of coal were carried, giving a range of 1,370
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placed an order with the Naval
Construction and Armament Company of
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Layman, R. D. (1994). "Naval Kite Trials". In
Roberts, John (ed.).
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270:(3 in (76 mm) calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's
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British
Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War
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Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979).
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652:"Speed Trials of the Torpedo Boat Destroyer Starfish"
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577:Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
600:. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 35–51.
579:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
541:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
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663:. Vol. 80. 11 October 1895. p. 365.
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297:of 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m).
993:List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy
768:List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy
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562:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
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222:from 1894; three were built by the
16:Subclass of the A-class destroyers
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581:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
543:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
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634:Manning, Captain T. D. (1961).
293:of 19 feet (5.79 m) and a
164:, 4,000 hp (2,983 kW)
1019:Ship classes of the Royal Navy
315:triple expansion steam engines
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266:and a standard armament of a
285:and 190 feet (57.91 m)
619:. London: Caxton Editions.
230:which gave them 4,000
176:(50 km/h; 31 mph)
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558:Friedman, Norman (2009).
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242:On 8 November 1893, the
238:Construction and design
142:General characteristics
530:Brassey, T.A. (1902).
516:Friedman 2009, p. 291.
287:between perpendiculars
151:Torpedo boat destroyer
636:The British Destroyer
615:Lyon, David (2001) .
532:The Naval Annual 1902
504:Brassey 1902, p. 274.
474:Friedman 2009, p. 50.
465:Friedman 2009, p. 40.
456:Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99.
617:The First Destroyers
483:Manning 1961, p. 38.
268:QF 12 pounder 12 cwt
810:A-class destroyers
363:. You can help by
311:water-tube boilers
228:Blechynden boilers
1014:Destroyer classes
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852:"27-knotter" type
817:"26-knotter" type
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638:. Putnam and Co.
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447:Lyon 2001, p. 20.
438:Lyon 2001, p. 19.
429:Lyon 2001, p. 69.
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160:Blechynden
84:Preceded by
1008:Categories
407:References
305:(300
264:forecastle
256:Royal Navy
220:Royal Navy
181:Complement
157:Propulsion
78:Royal Navy
956:Swordfish
753:Swordfish
303:long tons
289:, with a
126:Completed
102:Swordfish
66:Operators
948:Sturgeon
916:Conflict
721:Starfish
714:Sturgeon
700:Sturgeon
393:Starfish
386:Sturgeon
332:See also
301:was 300
214:Sturgeon
189:Armament
134:Scrapped
56:Builders
49:Sturgeon
32:Sturgeon
980:B class
932:Sunfish
908:Fervent
900:Banshee
868:Charger
644:6470051
326:A Class
295:draught
283:overall
252:Vickers
224:Vickers
162:boilers
60:Vickers
34:c. 1901
940:Rocket
892:Salmon
860:Ardent
841:Ferret
833:Havock
825:Daring
744:Rocket
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966:class
964:Zebra
958:class
950:class
942:class
934:class
926:class
924:Handy
918:class
910:class
902:class
894:class
886:class
884:Janus
878:class
876:Hardy
870:class
862:class
843:class
835:class
827:class
755:class
746:class
728:Skate
655:(PDF)
412:Notes
400:Skate
344:Ships
174:knots
169:Speed
110:Built
104:class
91:class
51:class
640:OCLC
621:ISBN
602:ISBN
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564:ISBN
545:ISBN
291:beam
211:The
200:2 ×
194:1 ×
147:Type
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