HMS Locust (1896)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Locust
Builder	Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead
Laid down	20 April 1896
Launched	5 December 1896
Christened	Miss Busk
Completed	July 1898
Fate	Scrapped, 1919
General characteristics
Class and type	Earnest-class destroyer
Displacement	395 long tons (401 t)
Length	218 ft (66 m) oa
Beam	21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
Draught	9 ft 9 in (3.0 m)
Propulsion	vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 6,300 ihp (4,698 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	63
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Locust was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was launched by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, on 5 December 1896.^[1] She served in the Mediterranean between 1902 and 1906, and was used for patrol and escort duties during the First World War