| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Bullfinch |
| Builder: | Earle's Shipbuilding, Hull |
| Launched: | 10 February 1898 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bullfinch-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 345 long tons (351 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Propulsion: | Thornycroft boilers, 5,800 hp (4,325 kW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 63 |
| Armament: | • 1 × 12-pounder gun • 2 × torpedo tubes |
HMS Bullfinch was one of two Bullfinch-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy.[1] She was launched in Hull on 10 February 1898, served in home waters throughout the First World War and was broken up in 1919.
She suffered a fatal accident whilst still on trials. A connecting rod broke at high speed, around 30 knots, and the wreckage fractured a cylinder. Eleven crew were killed by scalding from the escaping steam.[2]
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