HMS Bullfinch (1898)

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

HMS Bullfinch
HMS Bullfinch
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Bullfinch
Ordered1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
BuilderEarl's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Hull, Yorkshire
Laid down17 September 1896
Launched10 February 1898
CommissionedJune 1901
Out of serviceLaid up in reserve 1919
Fate10 June 1919 to Young of Sunderland for breaking
General characteristics
Class and typeThree-funnel, 30-knot destroyer[1][2]
Displacement
  • 345 long tons (351 t) standard
  • 390 long tons (396 t) full load
  • 214 ft 6 in (65.38 m) o/a
  • 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) Beam
  • 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m) Draught
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 80 tons coal
  • 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement60 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Operations: World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Bullfinch was a three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896–1897 Naval Estimates. She was the third ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1857 for a 4-gun wooden-screw gunboat.[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.