HMS Salmon (1895)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Salmon
Builder	Earl's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Limited, Hull, Yorkshire
Laid down	12 March 1894
Launched	15 January 1895
Completed	January 1896
Fate	Scrapped, 1912
General characteristics
Class and type	Salmon-class destroyer
Displacement	305 long tons (310 t)
Length	204.75 ft (62.41 m)
Beam	19.5 ft (5.9 m)
Draught	7.75 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 3,600 hp (2,685 kW)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun 3 × 6-pounder guns 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Salmon was a Salmon-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1895, served in home waters and was sold off in 1911.