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Revision as of 16:54, 19 February 2015

H.M.S. Spitfire (1895)
Builder: Armstrong[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 4 Jun, 1894[3]
Launched: 7 Jun, 1895[4]
Commissioned: Nov, 1896[5]
Broken up: 1912[6]

H.M.S. Spitfire was one of forty-two destroyers of the "A" class — a "27 knotter".

Service

Like many of her sisters, she was broken up before the war.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Equipment

In 1896, Swordfish and Spitfire were fitted with Tower's Steady Platform search lights which proved "very satisfactory,"[9] having been improved since 1889 evaluations. In tests at Chatham on 13th October, 1896, Spitfire was moored in basin number 3 and rolled about 25 degrees while she shone her light on a hatch-painted test vessel. The light beam did not waver by more than a half degree during the test.[10]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  8. ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. ix.
  10. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. 51.

Bibliography


"A" Class Destroyer
26 Knotters
  Havock Hornet Daring  
  Decoy Ferret Lynx  
27 Knotters
Ardent Boxer Bruizer Charger Dasher
Hasty Hardy Haughty Janus Lightning
Porcupine Salmon Snapper Banshee Contest
Dragon Conflict Teazer Wizard Fervent
Zephyr Handy Hart Hunter Opossum
Ranger Sunfish Rocket Shark Surly
  Skate Starfish Sturgeon  
  Spitfire Swordfish Zebra  
  Destroyers (UK) "B" Class –>


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