HMS Sylvia (1897)

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

History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameSylvia
Ordered1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates
BuilderWilliam Doxford and Sons Pallion, Sunderland
Laid down13 July 1896
Launched3 July 1897
CommissionedJanuary 1899
Out of serviceLaid up in reserve 1919
Fate23 July 1919 to Thos W Ward of Sheffield for breaking at New Holland, Lincolnshire on the Humber Estuary
General characteristics
Class and typeDoxford three funnel - 30 knot destroyer[1][2]
Displacement
  • 350 long tons (356 t) standard
  • 400 long tons (406 t) full load
  • 214 ft (65 m) o/a
  • 21 ft (6.4 m) Beam
  • 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) Draught
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 95 tons coal
  • 1,615 nmi (2,991 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement63 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Operations: World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Sylvia was a Doxford three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was the sixth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1806 for a cutter sold in 1816.[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.