Banshee-class destroyer
_IWM_Q_038332.jpg) HMS Banshee | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Banshee class |
| Builders: | Cammell Laird |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy |
| Preceded by: | Salmon class |
| Succeeded by: | Fervent class |
| Built: | 1894 |
| In commission: | 1894 to 1912 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Scrapped: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Torpedo boat destroyer |
| Displacement: | 290 long tons (295 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Draught: | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement: | 53 |
| Armament: |
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The Banshee class was a class of three torpedo boat destroyers that served with the Royal Navy into the early part of the Twentieth century.
They were all built by Laird at Birkenhead. Displacing 290 tons, they carried one 12-pounder gun and two torpedo tubes. With 4,400 horsepower (3,300 kW) they made a speed of 27 knots (50 km/h).
Banshee had a length of 210 ft (64 m), beam 19 ft (5.8 m) and draught of 7 ft (2.1 m) They carried a complement of 53 officers and men.
Along with the near-identical Ferret-class torpedo boat destroyers they were all disposed of in 1911/1912.
Ships
- HMS Banshee, launched November 1894.
- HMS Contest, launched December 1894.
- HMS Dragon, launched December 1894.
See also
References
- Lyon, David (1996). The First Destroyers. ISBN 1-84067-364-8.
- Manning, T.D (1979) [1961]. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.
- "battleships.cruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 10 December 2007.
External links
Media related to Banshee class destroyer at Wikimedia Commons
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