HMS Virago (1895)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Virago.
HMS Virago firing in honour of the King, 1901
Career
Name: HMS Virago
Builder: Laird Brothers, Birkenhead
Laid down: 13 June 1895
Launched: 19 November 1895
Completed: June 1897
Fate: Sold for disposal, 10 October 1919
General characteristics
Class and type:Quail-class destroyer
Displacement:395 long tons (401 t)
Length:215 ft (66 m)
Propulsion:Triple expansion steam engines
Coal-fired Normand boilers
6,300 hp (4,698 kW)
Speed:30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:63
Armament:• 1 × QF 12-pounder gun
• 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

HMS Virago was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was completed by Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, in 1897. One of four Quail-class destroyers she served during the Great War and was sold off after hostilities ended.[1]

Construction

HMS Virago was laid down at Laird's shipyard at Birkenhead on 13 June 1895, the fourth "Thirty-Knotter" destroyer ordered from Lairds for the Royal Navy as part of the 1894–95 shipbuilding programme.[2] The ship was launched on 19 November 1895,[2] undergoing sea trials on 27 November 1896, where she reached a speed of 30.365 knots (34.943 mph; 56.236 km/h) over the measured mile and an average speed of 30.049 knots (34.580 mph; 55.651 km/h) over a three hour run.[3] Virago was completed in June 1897.[2]

Service history

Virago was posted at the Pacific Station, and in January 1902 Lieutenant A. B. Barker was appointed in command.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "HMS Virago". pbenyon.plus.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lyon 2001, p. 61.
  3. ↑ "Eight Torpedo Boat Destroyers, Built by Laird Brothers, Birkenhead. — Trials between 30th September and the 18th December 1896" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 83: p. 16. 1 January 1897..
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 3 January 1902. (36655),

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