| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Spitfire |
| Namesake: | Spitfire |
| Ordered: | 1893 |
| Builder: | Armstrong Mitchell & Co., Elswick, Tyne and Wear |
| Laid down: | 1894 |
| Launched: | 7 June 1895 |
| Commissioned: | July 1895 |
| Decommissioned: | 1912 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Swordfish-class destroyer |
| Propulsion: | Yarrow boilers |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Armament: | • 1 × 12 pounder gun • 2 × torpedo tubes |
HMS Spitfire was one of two Swordfish-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched on June 7, 1895 by Armstrong Mitchell & Co. at Newcastle upon Tyne[1] and sold off in 1912. Her fate is unknown.
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