HMS Brazen (1896)

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

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameBrazen
Ordered1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
BuilderJ & G Thompson, Clydebank
Laid down18 October 1895
Launched3 July 1896
CommissionedJuly 1900
Out of serviceLaid up in reserve 1919
Fate4 November 1919 to J.H. Lee for breaking
General characteristics
Class and typeClydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer[1][2]
Displacement
  • 380 long tons (386 t) standard
  • 425 long tons (432 t) full load
  • 214 ft (65 m) o/a
  • 20 ft (6.1 m) Beam
  • 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) Draught
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 80 tons coal
  • 1,465 nmi (2,713 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement63 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Operations: World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Brazen was a Clydebank three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895-1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1781 for a 14-gun cutter, sold in 1799.[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.