HMS Swordfish (1895)

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

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Swordfish
Ordered8 December 1893
BuilderArmstrong Mitchell & Co., Elswick, Tyne and Wear
Laid down4 June 1894
Launched27 February 1895
CommissionedDecember 1896
FateSold, 1910
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeSwordfish-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 320 long tons (330 t) light
  • 355 long tons (361 t) deep load
Length
  • 200 ft 0 in (60.96 m) pp
  • 204 ft 3 in (62.26 m) oa
Beam19 ft 0 in (5.79 m)
Draught7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Installed power4,500 ihp (3,400 kW)
Propulsion
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament

HMS Swordfish was one of two Swordfish-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched on 27 February 1895 by Armstrong Mitchell and Co at Elswick[3] and sold off in 1910.

  1. ^ Friedman 2009, p. 290.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference eng p422 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ The Times (London), Thursday, 28 February 1895, p.4