Conflict-class destroyer

Class overview
HMS Conflict
Name:	Conflict class
Builders:	J. Samuel White, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Fervent class
Succeeded by:	Handy class
In commission:	1895–1920
Completed:	3
Retired:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	320 long tons (325 t)
Length:	200 ft (61 m)
Propulsion:	White-Forster boilers, 4,500 hp (3,356 kW)
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement:	53 officers and men
Armament:	1 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun 2 × torpedo tubes

Three Conflict-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. They were built by the White Shipyard. Conflict, Teazer, and Wizard were 200 feet (61 m) long, displaced 320 tons and produced 4,500 hp (3,400 kW) from their White-Forster boilers to give them a top speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph). They were armed, as was standard with ships of this type at the time, with one twelve pounder gun, two torpedo tubes and had a complement of 53 officers and men.

References

Manning, Captain T.D. (1979) [1961]. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.

External links

Media related to Conflict class destroyer at Wikimedia Commons

Conflict-class destroyer

Conflict Teazer Wizard

Preceded by: Fervent class Followed by: Handy class List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

A-class destroyer

"26-knotter" type	Daring class Havock class Ferret class

"27-knotter" type	Ardent class Charger class Hardy class Janus class Salmon class Banshee class Fervent class Conflict class Handy class Sunfish class Rocket class Sturgeon class Swordfish class Zebra class

Followed by: B class List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

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