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Revision as of 14:39, 26 October 2014

H.M.S. Skate (1895)
Builder: Vickers[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: 20 Mar, 1894[3]
Launched: 13 Mar, 1895[4]
Commissioned: Jan, 1896[5]
Broken up: 1907[6]

H.M.S. Skate was one of 42 destroyers of the "A" class — a "27 knotter".

She was broken up in 1907.

Service

Skate was the first of the Royal Navy's destroyers to be disposed of, being first used for trials of anti-torpedo guns off Shoeburyness in 1906, and then sold for scrap on 9 April, 1907 to Cox, Falmouth.[7][8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93. Then known as the "Naval Construction and Armament Company".
  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. ↑ Admiralty to C.-in-C. Nore. 17 January 1906. Ship's Cover 128. f. 175.
  8. ↑ The First Destroyers. p. 70.
  9. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/319. f. 351.

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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