HMS Fawn (1897)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Fawn.

HMS Fawn
HMS Fawn
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Fawn
Ordered1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
BuilderPalmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow-on-Tyne
Laid down5 September 1896
Launched13 April 1897
CommissionedDecember 1898
Out of serviceLaid up in reserve 1919
Honours and
awards		Belgian Coast 1914 - 1918
FateSold for breaking, 23 July 1919
General characteristics
Class and typePalmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer[1][2]
Displacement
  • 390 long tons (396 t) standard
  • 420 long tons (427 t) full load
Length219 ft 9 in (66.98 m) o/a
Beam20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 80 tons coal
  • 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement60 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Operations: World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Fawn was a Palmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was the fourth ship to carry this name.[3][4]

  1. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.
  2. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990) [1919, reprinted]. Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 77. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.
  3. ^ 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. pp. 84 to 85.
  4. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990) [1919, reprinted]. Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.