History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Conflict |
Builder | J. Samuel White, East Cowes, Isle of Wight |
Launched | 13 December 1894 |
Fate | Sold, 20 May 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Conflict-class destroyer |
Displacement | 320 long tons (325 t) |
Length | 200 ft (61 m) |
Propulsion | White-Forster boilers, 4,500 hp (3,356 kW) |
Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Complement | 53 officers and men |
Armament |
HMS Conflict was the lead ship of the Conflict-class destroyers built by J. Samuel White, at East Cowes, Isle of Wight for the Royal Navy. She was launched on 13 December 1894, and entered service in 1899. After an initial spell in the Mediterranean Fleet, Conflict returned to British waters, where she served the rest of her career. Conflict was part of the Portsmouth Local Defence Flotilla during the First World War, which she survived. Conflict was sold for scrap on 20 May 1920.