HMS Bittern (1897)

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

A close-up of HMS Bittern alongside a pier
History
United Kingdom
NameBittern
Ordered1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
BuilderBarrow Shipbuilding Company and Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down18 February 1896
Launched1 February 1897
CommissionedApril 1899
Fate4 April 1918 sunk by collision with merchant ship SS Kenilworth in the English Channel
General characteristics
Class and typeVickers three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer[1][2]
Displacement
  • 355 long tons (361 t) standard
  • 405 long tons (411 t) full load
Length214 ft 3 in (65.30 m) o/a
Beam20 ft (6.1 m)
Draught8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h)
Range
  • 70 tons coal
  • 1,440 nmi (2,670 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement63
Armament

HMS Bittern was a Vickers three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fourth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1796 for an 18-gun sloop, sold in 1833.[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.