| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Mermaid |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn |
| Launched: | 22 February 1898 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Mermaid-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 385 long tons (391 t) light 430 long tons (437 t) full load |
| Length: | 214 ft 6 in (65.38 m) overall |
| Beam: | 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft reciprocating engines 6 boilers 6,100 shp (4,549 kW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 62 |
| Armament: | • 1 × BL 12-pounder gun (12cwt) • 2 × 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes (2×1) |
HMS Mermaid was a Mermaid-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.[1] She was launched by Hawthorne Leslie on 22 February 1898, served during the Great War and was broken up in 1919.
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