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United Kingdom | |
Name | Osprey |
Ordered | 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow |
Laid down | 14 November 1896 |
Launched | 7 April 1897 |
Commissioned | July 1898 |
Out of service | December 1918 paid off and laid up in reserve awaiting disposal |
Fate | 4 November 1919 sold to J.H. Lee of Dover for breaking |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fairfield three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer[1][2] |
Displacement |
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Installed power | 6,000 shp (4,500 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 63 officers and men |
Armament |
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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]