HMS Tiger (1900)
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Tiger |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company, Clydebank |
| Launched: | 19 May 1900 |
| Acquired: | 1899 – 1900 Naval Estimates |
| Commissioned: | 21 August 1901 |
| Fate: | Sunk by collision with HMS Berwick, 2 April 1908 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer[1][2] |
| Displacement: | 350 long tons (356 t) standard 395 long tons (401 t) deep load |
| Length: | 218 ft (66.4 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 20 ft 8 in (6.3 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 11 in (2.7 m) |
| Installed power: | 4 × Thornycroft water-tube boilers 5,800 ihp (4,300 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Shafts 2 × Vertical triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: | 1,465 nmi (2,713 km; 1,686 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement: | 63 officers and men |
| Armament: | 1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 gun on a P Mark I Low-angle mount 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 gun on a Mark I* low-angle mount 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes |
HMS Tiger was a Clydebank -built three funnel 30-knot destroyer purchased by the Royal Navy under the 1899 – 1900 Naval Estimates. She was the tenth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1542 for a 22-gun galleasse.[3][4]
Construction
She was laid down as a speculative build Yard No 335 at the John Brown and Company shipyard in Clydebank. She was purchased by the Royal Navy on 31 March 1900 and was launched on 19 May 1900. During her trials she made her contract speed of 30 knots; then completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in June 1901.[3][4]
Service
Tiger was commissioned at Devonport 21 August 1901, and assigned to the Portsmouth Flotilla of the Home Fleet.[5] She was paid off on 4 January 1902, when her crew was turned over to the HMS Ostrich, which took her place in the Flotilla.[6]
She spent her operational career mainly in Home Waters. On 2 April 1908 she took part in a Home Fleet exercise in the English Channel 20 miles south of the Isle of Wight. The exercise was to test fleet defence against a torpedo boat night attack. At little after 8 pm during the torpedo boat attack Tiger crossed the bow of HMS Berwick, a first class cruiser. Tiger was cut in two with the forward section sinking almost immediately. The stern remained afloat long enough to rescue 22 members of her crew but her Captain, Lieutenant W.E. Middleton and 27 others were lost.[7]
References
- ↑ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905, Sampson Low Marston, London]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905. New York: ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.
- ↑ Jane, Fred T. (1990) [1919]. Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1898]. Jane’s All The Worlds Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 84 to 85.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jane, Fred T. (reprinted © 1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 22 August 1901. (36540), p. 4.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 2 January 1902. (36654), p. 8.
- ↑ ""Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class". Retrieved 1 Jun 2013.
- Manning, Captain T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.
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