HMS Sprightly (1900)

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History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Sprightly
Builder	Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead
Laid down	20 June 1899
Launched	25 September 1900
Completed	March 1902
Fate	Scrapped, 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Lively-class destroyer
Displacement	385 long tons (391 t)
Length	219 ft (67 m)
Beam	21.25 ft (6.5 m)
Draught	8 ft 7 in (2.6 m)
Propulsion	Vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 6,250 hp (4,661 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun 3 × 6-pounder guns 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Sprightly was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built speculatively by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, pre-empting further orders for vessels of this type, and was purchased by the navy in 1901.