HMS Flying Fish (1897)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Flying Fish.

HMS Flying Fish
History
United Kingdom
NameFlying Fish
Ordered1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
BuilderPalmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow-on-Tyne
Laid down9 August 1896
Launched4 March 1897
CommissionedJune 1898
Out of serviceLaid up in reserve, 1919
FateSold for breaking, 30 August 1919
General characteristics
Class and typePalmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer[1][2]
Displacement
  • 390 long tons (396 t) standard
  • 420 long tons (427 t) full load
Length219 ft 9 in (66.98 m) o/a
Beam20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 80 tons coal
  • 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement60 officers and men
Armament

HMS Flying Fish was a Palmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was the tenth ship to carry this name.[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). 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. p. 84 to 85.
  4. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.