HMS Whiting (1896)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Whiting
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow-on-Tyne
Laid down	13 April 1896
Launched	26 August 1896
Commissioned	June 1897
Out of service	Laid up in reserve, 1919
Honours and; awards	China 1900
Fate	Sold for breaking at Hong Kong, 27 November 1919
General characteristics
Class and type	Palmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	390 long tons (396 t) standard; 420 long tons (427 t) full load;
Length	219 ft 9 in (66.98 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power	6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Reed water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	60 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount; 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Whiting was a Palmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name.^[3]^[4]

^ 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.
^ Jane, Fred T. (1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 77. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.
^ 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.
^ Jane, Fred T. (1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.

[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.

[Jane-p84-85-3] 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.

[Jane-p76-4] Jane, Fred T. (1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.

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History

United Kingdom
Name	Whiting
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow-on-Tyne
Laid down	13 April 1896
Launched	26 August 1896
Commissioned	June 1897
Out of service	Laid up in reserve, 1919
Honours and awards	China 1900
Fate	Sold for breaking at Hong Kong, 27 November 1919
General characteristics
Class and type	Palmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer^[1]^[2]
Displacement	390 long tons (396 t) standard 420 long tons (427 t) full load
Length	219 ft 9 in (66.98 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draught	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power	6,000 shp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Reed water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal 1,490 nmi (2,760 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement	60 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918