HMS Bat

HMS Bat
History
United Kingdom
Name	Bat
Ordered	8 January 1896
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Laid down	28 May 1896
Launched	7 October 1896
Commissioned	August 1897
Out of service	Laid up in reserve, 1919
Fate	Sold for breaking, 10 June 1919
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Palmer three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	390 long tons (396 t) light 440 long tons (447 t) full load
Length	220 ft (67 m) o/a 215 ft (66 m) pp
Beam	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught	12 ft 5.5 in (3.797 m)
Installed power	6,200 ihp (4,600 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Reed water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Complement	63 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt L/40 naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914–1918

HMS Bat was a Palmer-built three funnel, 30 knot torpedo boat destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the third ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1815 for a revenue cutter in service until 1848.^[2] Bat was classified along with similar vessels as a C-class destroyer in 1913.