H.M.S. Swordfish (1895)

H.M.S. Swordfish (1895)
Builder:	Armstrong^[1]
Ordered:	1893-94^[2]
Laid down:	4 Jun, 1894^[3]
Launched:	27 Mar, 1895^[4]
Commissioned:	Dec, 1896^[5]
Broken up:	1910^[6]

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

She was broken up before the war.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant Alan C. Bruce, April 12, 1899.^[7]

Equipment

In 1896, Swordfish and Spitfire were fitted with Tower's Steady Platform for its search light which proved "very satisfactory,"^[8] having been improved since the initial 1889 evaluation. 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.^[9]

Footnotes

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 12 April, 1899. Issue 35801, col A, p. 10.
↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. ix.
↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1896. p. 51.