HMS Dove (1898)

HMS Dove
HMS Dove
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Dove
Ordered1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
BuilderEarl's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Hull, Yorkshire
Laid down17 September 1896
Launched21 March 1898
CommissionedJuly 1901
Out of serviceLaid up in reserve 1919
FateSold for breaking, 27 January 1920
General characteristics
Class and typeThree-funnel, 30-knot destroyer
Displacement
  • 345 long tons (351 t) standard
  • 390 long tons (396 t) full load
Length214 ft 6 in (65.38 m) o/a
Beam20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Draught7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)
Installed power5,900 ihp (4,400 kW)
Propulsion
Speed29 kn (54 km/h)
Range
  • 80 tons coal
  • 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement60 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Operations: World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Dove was a three funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates. She was the ninth ship to carry the name.[1]

  1. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1898]. Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 84 to 85.