| Career (United Kingdom) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Sprightly |
| Builder: | Laird, Son & Co., Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 20 June 1899 |
| Launched: | 25 September 1900 |
| Completed: | March 1902 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Lively-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 385 long tons (391 t) |
| Length: | 219 ft (67 m) |
| Beam: | 21.25 ft (6.5 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 7 in (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Vertical triple-expansion steam engines Coal-fired Normand boilers 6,250 hp (4,661 kW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Armament: | 1 × QF 12-pounder gun 3 × 6-pounder guns 3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Sprightly was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was built speculatively by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, pre-empting further orders for vessels of this type, and was bought by the navy in 1901.
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