HMS Dragon (1894)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dragon.
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Dragon |
| Builder: | Laird, Son and Co., Birkenhead |
| Launched: | 15 December 1894 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Banshee-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 290 long tons (295 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Draught: | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement: | 53 |
| Armament: | • 1 × 12 pounder gun • 2 × torpedo tubes |
HMS Dragon was a Banshee-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
She was launched on 15 December 1894 at the Laird, Son and Co. shipyard, Birkenhead,[1] and served most of her time in the Mediterranean before being sold off in 1912.
Service history
From 1900 she was stationed in the Mediterranean as a tender to the battleship Royal Oak and then to the torpedo-boat depot-ship Orontes.[2]
In April 1902 she took part in gunnery and tactical exercises near Arucas, Las Palmas.[3]
References
- ↑ The Times (London), Monday, 17 December 1894, p.10
- ↑ National Maritime Museum Warship Histories, Vessel ID 365719
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 17 April 1902. (36744), p. 7.
- Manning, T.D (1979) [1961]. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.
- "battleships-cruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 10 December 2007.
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