HMS Vigilant (1900)

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

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameVigilant
BuilderJohn Brown and Company, Clydebank
Laid downSpeculative Build
Launched16 August 1900
Acquired1899 – 1900 Naval Estimates
CommissionedJune 1901
Out of serviceIn 1919 paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate10 February 1920 sold to South Alloa Ship Breaking Company for breaking at Charlestown near Rosyth on the Firth of Forth
General characteristics
Class and typeClydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer[1][2]
Displacement
  • 350 long tons (356 t) standard
  • 395 long tons (401 t) full load
  • 218 ft (66 m) o/a
  • 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m) Beam
  • 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) Draught
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 80 tons coal
  • 1,465 nautical miles (2,713 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement63 officers and men
Armament

HMS Vigilant was a Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer purchased by the Royal Navy under the 1899–1900 Naval Estimates. She was the ninth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1755 for an 8-gun schooner captured in 1756 by the French at Oswego.[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). p. 76.