HMS Osprey (1897)

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

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameOsprey
Ordered1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow
Laid down14 November 1896
Launched7 April 1897
CommissionedJuly 1898
Out of serviceDecember 1918 paid off and laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate4 November 1919 sold to J.H. Lee of Dover for breaking
General characteristics
Class and typeFairfield three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer[1][2]
Displacement
  • 355 long tons (361 t) standard
  • 400 long tons (406 t) full load
Installed power6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range
  • 80 tons coal
  • 1,615 nmi (2,991 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement63 officers and men
Armament

HMS Osprey was a three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates from Fairfields. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1797 for an 18-gun ship-sloop.[2][3]

  1. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905. New York: Sampson Low Marston, London (republished by ARCO Publishing Company). p. 77.
  2. ^ a b Jane, Fred T. (1990) [1919]. Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing. pp. 76–77. 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. 84–85.