HMS Fervent (1895)
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Fervent |
| Builder: | Hanna, Donald & Wilson, Paisley |
| Launched: | 20 March 1895[1] |
| Fate: | Broken up, 29 April 1920[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fervent-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 275 long tons (279 t) |
| Length: | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3,850 shp (2,871 kW) |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement: | 53 |
| Armament: | • 1 × 12 pounder gun • 2 × torpedo tubes |
HMS Fervent was a Fervent-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. Fervent was launched on 28 March 1895 at Paisley.[2]
She proved slower than originally hoped and even when fitted with new water tube boilers could only make 26.7 knots (49.4 km/h) at her trials. She was accepted for service despite failing to make the 27-knot (50 km/h) target. She served in home waters after belatedly leaving her builders, Hanna, Donald & Wilson, in 1901, six years after she was launched. Lieutenant C. H. France-Hayhurst was appointed in command in March 1902,[3] but she was temporarily paid off at Portsmouth the following month to be strengthened,[4] and France-Hayhurst re-appointed to attend a signal course.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "HMS Fervent". pbenyon.plus.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ↑ The Times (London), Friday, 29 March 1895, p.8
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 5 March 1902. (36707), p. 5.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Tuesday, 22 April 1902. (36748), p. 12.
- Manning, Captain T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.
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