Violet-class destroyer
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland |
| Operators: |
 Royal Navy |
| Built: | 1896–1899 |
| In commission: | 1898–1920 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Scrapped: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Violet-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 350 long tons (356 t) |
| Length: | 214 ft 9 in (65.46 m) |
| Beam: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft 7 in (2.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Vertical 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 3 × 6-pounder guns 3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
The Violet class destroyer was a class of two destroyers that served in the British Royal Navy.[1]
Violet and Sylvia were built by William Doxford & Sons in Sunderland.[2] They were fitted with Thornycroft boilers which generated 6,300 HP and produced the 30 knots (56 km/h) demanded of these three funnelled C-class destroyers. They were armed with the standard 12-pounder gun and two torpedo tubes, and carried a complement of 63 officers and men.
Both ships served through the Great War and were broken up shortly afterwards.
References
- ↑ "Violet-class at BattleshipsCruisers.co.uk". Retrieved 2 April 2009.
- ↑ "HMS Violet". navalhistory.flixco.info. 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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